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Glossary of Complexity Theory

Artificial neural network (ANN) * Complex dynamical system in which the nodes are analogs of biological neurons, and the connections are arranged so that the whole system performs as an analog of a biological nervous system. Attractor * Dynamical equilibrium of a DS * Attracts all nearby points * Three types: static (point), periodic (cyclic), chaotic Basin of attraction * Most important attribute of an attractor of a DS * Set of initial points tending to the same attractor Bifurcation * Change in the attractor/basin portrait of a dynamical scheme * Characterized by a loss of stability * Three types: subtle, explosive, and catastrophic Catastrophe theory * Branch of math created by Rene Thom ca 1966 * Study of catastrophic bifurcations of a dynamical scheme Cellular automaton, CA * Type of math model created by John von Neumann ca 1952 * A lattice of identical finite state machines interconnected by a rule, the same at each node * Exm: Conway's Game of Life Cellular dynamaton, CD * aka cellular dynamical system, or lattice dynamical system * Type of math model due to Rashevsky ca 1930 * Discrete model for partial differential equations of evolution type Chaos theory * Synonym for dynamical systems theory Complex dynamical systems theory * Synonym for chaos theory Complexity * Measure of complexity of a dynamical system or one of its attractors. Complexity theory * Study of complex dynamical systems * Especially, schemes of cellular dynamical systems Cybernetics * Field created by Norbert Wiener ca 1942 * Diffused by the Macy Conference, 1946 * Wiener's book publ 1948 Dynamical scheme * Family of DS depending on control parameters Dynamical system, DS * Two types: continuous, discrete Dynamical system, continuous * Autonomous system of ordinary differential equations Dynamical system, discrete * Iterated map system, iterated function system Dynamical systems theory, DST * Branch of math founded by Poincare ca 1882 * Early roots in Lord Rayleigh's work on musical instruments * Qualitative (or geometric) theory of dynamical systems General Evolution Theory, GET * Offshoot of GST and SD due to Ervin Laszlo ca 1985 * Developed by the General Evolution Research Group, GERG General Systems Theory, GST * Field created by Von Bertalanffy ca 1950 * Study of properties shared by all complex systems Gestalt theory * Holistic branch of psychology due to Wertheimer, Kohler * Berlin ca 1930 * Applied to social theory by Kurt Lewin, founder of social psych Emergence * Roughly equivalent to self-organization * Study of emergence of order in a field of chaos * Appearence of a property or simplicity in a CDS scheme * Study of bifurcations in a cellular dynamical scheme * Related to morphogenesis Homeokinetics * Field founded by Arthur Iberall ca 1950 * General theory of evolution in physical, biological, and social systems Homeostasis * Term introduced by W. B. Cannon ca 1932 or perhaps Claude Bernard ca 1850 * Stable equilibrium of a natural system * Same as static (point) attractor in DST Homeorhesis * Term introduced by C. H. Waddington ca 1957 * Dynamic equilibrium of a natural system * Non-static attractor of a DS Morphogenesis * Branch of math founded by Alan Turing ca 1952 with ancient and classical roots, eg, Kepler, Goethe. Politicometrics * Application of DST to wars and arms races * Created by Lewis Frye Richardson ca 1920 Self-organization * Synonym for emergence System dynamics, SD * Applied version of DST * Founded by Jay Forrester ca 1950 * Applied to the world system in the Limits to Growth study sponsored by the Club of Rome Theoretical biology * Mythical field similar to theoretical physics * Search for laws applying to all biological systems * Waddington's Serbelloni conferences, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970: * Complex dynamical system in which the nodes are analogs of biological neurons, and the connections are arranged so that the whole system performs as an analog of a biological nervous system.
Attractor * Dynamical equilibrium of a DS * Attracts all nearby points * Three types: static (point), periodic (cyclic), chaotic Basin of attraction * Most important attribute of an attractor of a DS * Set of initial points tending to the same attractor Bifurcation * Change in the attractor/basin portrait of a dynamical scheme * Characterized by a loss of stability * Three types: subtle, explosive, and catastrophic Catastrophe theory * Branch of math created by Rene Thom ca 1966 * Study of catastrophic bifurcations of a dynamical scheme Cellular automaton, CA * Type of math model created by John von Neumann ca 1952 * A lattice of identical finite state machines interconnected by a rule, the same at each node * Exm: Conway's Game of Life Cellular dynamaton, CD * aka cellular dynamical system, or lattice dynamical system * Type of math model due to Rashevsky ca 1930 * Discrete model for partial differential equations of evolution type Chaos theory * Synonym for dynamical systems theory Complex dynamical systems theory * Synonym for chaos theory Complexity * Measure of complexity of a dynamical system or one of its attractors. Complexity theory * Study of complex dynamical systems * Especially, schemes of cellular dynamical systems Cybernetics * Field created by Norbert Wiener ca 1942 * Diffused by the Macy Conference, 1946 * Wiener's book publ 1948 Dynamical scheme * Family of DS depending on control parameters Dynamical system, DS * Two types: continuous, discrete Dynamical system, continuous * Autonomous system of ordinary differential equations Dynamical system, discrete * Iterated map system, iterated function system Dynamical systems theory, DST * Branch of math founded by Poincare ca 1882 * Early roots in Lord Rayleigh's work on musical instruments * Qualitative (or geometric) theory of dynamical systems General Evolution Theory, GET * Offshoot of GST and SD due to Ervin Laszlo ca 1985 * Developed by the General Evolution Research Group, GERG General Systems Theory, GST * Field created by Von Bertalanffy ca 1950 * Study of properties shared by all complex systems Gestalt theory * Holistic branch of psychology due to Wertheimer, Kohler * Berlin ca 1930 * Applied to social theory by Kurt Lewin, founder of social psych Emergence * Roughly equivalent to self-organization * Study of emergence of order in a field of chaos * Appearence of a property or simplicity in a CDS scheme * Study of bifurcations in a cellular dynamical scheme * Related to morphogenesis Homeokinetics * Field founded by Arthur Iberall ca 1950 * General theory of evolution in physical, biological, and social systems Homeostasis * Term introduced by W. B. Cannon ca 1932 or perhaps Claude Bernard ca 1850 * Stable equilibrium of a natural system * Same as static (point) attractor in DST Homeorhesis * Term introduced by C. H. Waddington ca 1957 * Dynamic equilibrium of a natural system * Non-static attractor of a DS Morphogenesis * Branch of math founded by Alan Turing ca 1952 with ancient and classical roots, eg, Kepler, Goethe. Politicometrics * Application of DST to wars and arms races * Created by Lewis Frye Richardson ca 1920 Self-organization * Synonym for emergence System dynamics, SD * Applied version of DST * Founded by Jay Forrester ca 1950 * Applied to the world system in the Limits to Growth study sponsored by the Club of Rome Theoretical biology * Mythical field similar to theoretical physics * Search for laws applying to all biological systems * Waddington's Serbelloni conferences, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970: * Dynamical equilibrium of a DS; * Attracts all nearby points; * Three types: static (point), periodic (cyclic), chaotic
Basin of attraction * Most important attribute of an attractor of a DS * Set of initial points tending to the same attractor Bifurcation * Change in the attractor/basin portrait of a dynamical scheme * Characterized by a loss of stability * Three types: subtle, explosive, and catastrophic Catastrophe theory * Branch of math created by Rene Thom ca 1966 * Study of catastrophic bifurcations of a dynamical scheme Cellular automaton, CA * Type of math model created by John von Neumann ca 1952 * A lattice of identical finite state machines interconnected by a rule, the same at each node * Exm: Conway's Game of Life Cellular dynamaton, CD * aka cellular dynamical system, or lattice dynamical system * Type of math model due to Rashevsky ca 1930 * Discrete model for partial differential equations of evolution type Chaos theory * Synonym for dynamical systems theory Complex dynamical systems theory * Synonym for chaos theory Complexity * Measure of complexity of a dynamical system or one of its attractors. Complexity theory * Study of complex dynamical systems * Especially, schemes of cellular dynamical systems Cybernetics * Field created by Norbert Wiener ca 1942 * Diffused by the Macy Conference, 1946 * Wiener's book publ 1948 Dynamical scheme * Family of DS depending on control parameters Dynamical system, DS * Two types: continuous, discrete Dynamical system, continuous * Autonomous system of ordinary differential equations Dynamical system, discrete * Iterated map system, iterated function system Dynamical systems theory, DST * Branch of math founded by Poincare ca 1882 * Early roots in Lord Rayleigh's work on musical instruments * Qualitative (or geometric) theory of dynamical systems General Evolution Theory, GET * Offshoot of GST and SD due to Ervin Laszlo ca 1985 * Developed by the General Evolution Research Group, GERG General Systems Theory, GST * Field created by Von Bertalanffy ca 1950 * Study of properties shared by all complex systems Gestalt theory * Holistic branch of psychology due to Wertheimer, Kohler * Berlin ca 1930 * Applied to social theory by Kurt Lewin, founder of social psych Emergence * Roughly equivalent to self-organization * Study of emergence of order in a field of chaos * Appearence of a property or simplicity in a CDS scheme * Study of bifurcations in a cellular dynamical scheme * Related to morphogenesis Homeokinetics * Field founded by Arthur Iberall ca 1950 * General theory of evolution in physical, biological, and social systems Homeostasis * Term introduced by W. B. Cannon ca 1932 or perhaps Claude Bernard ca 1850 * Stable equilibrium of a natural system * Same as static (point) attractor in DST Homeorhesis * Term introduced by C. H. Waddington ca 1957 * Dynamic equilibrium of a natural system * Non-static attractor of a DS Morphogenesis * Branch of math founded by Alan Turing ca 1952 with ancient and classical roots, eg, Kepler, Goethe. Politicometrics * Application of DST to wars and arms races * Created by Lewis Frye Richardson ca 1920 Self-organization * Synonym for emergence System dynamics, SD * Applied version of DST * Founded by Jay Forrester ca 1950 * Applied to the world system in the Limits to Growth study sponsored by the Club of Rome Theoretical biology * Mythical field similar to theoretical physics * Search for laws applying to all biological systems * Waddington's Serbelloni conferences, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970: * Most important attribute of an attractor of a DS; * Set of initial points tending to the same attractor
Bifurcation * Change in the attractor/basin portrait of a dynamical scheme * Characterized by a loss of stability * Three types: subtle, explosive, and catastrophic Catastrophe theory * Branch of math created by Rene Thom ca 1966 * Study of catastrophic bifurcations of a dynamical scheme Cellular automaton, CA * Type of math model created by John von Neumann ca 1952 * A lattice of identical finite state machines interconnected by a rule, the same at each node * Exm: Conway's Game of Life Cellular dynamaton, CD * aka cellular dynamical system, or lattice dynamical system * Type of math model due to Rashevsky ca 1930 * Discrete model for partial differential equations of evolution type Chaos theory * Synonym for dynamical systems theory Complex dynamical systems theory * Synonym for chaos theory Complexity * Measure of complexity of a dynamical system or one of its attractors. Complexity theory * Study of complex dynamical systems * Especially, schemes of cellular dynamical systems Cybernetics * Field created by Norbert Wiener ca 1942 * Diffused by the Macy Conference, 1946 * Wiener's book publ 1948 Dynamical scheme * Family of DS depending on control parameters Dynamical system, DS * Two types: continuous, discrete Dynamical system, continuous * Autonomous system of ordinary differential equations Dynamical system, discrete * Iterated map system, iterated function system Dynamical systems theory, DST * Branch of math founded by Poincare ca 1882 * Early roots in Lord Rayleigh's work on musical instruments * Qualitative (or geometric) theory of dynamical systems General Evolution Theory, GET * Offshoot of GST and SD due to Ervin Laszlo ca 1985 * Developed by the General Evolution Research Group, GERG General Systems Theory, GST * Field created by Von Bertalanffy ca 1950 * Study of properties shared by all complex systems Gestalt theory * Holistic branch of psychology due to Wertheimer, Kohler * Berlin ca 1930 * Applied to social theory by Kurt Lewin, founder of social psych Emergence * Roughly equivalent to self-organization * Study of emergence of order in a field of chaos * Appearence of a property or simplicity in a CDS scheme * Study of bifurcations in a cellular dynamical scheme * Related to morphogenesis Homeokinetics * Field founded by Arthur Iberall ca 1950 * General theory of evolution in physical, biological, and social systems Homeostasis * Term introduced by W. B. Cannon ca 1932 or perhaps Claude Bernard ca 1850 * Stable equilibrium of a natural system * Same as static (point) attractor in DST Homeorhesis * Term introduced by C. H. Waddington ca 1957 * Dynamic equilibrium of a natural system * Non-static attractor of a DS Morphogenesis * Branch of math founded by Alan Turing ca 1952 with ancient and classical roots, eg, Kepler, Goethe. Politicometrics * Application of DST to wars and arms races * Created by Lewis Frye Richardson ca 1920 Self-organization * Synonym for emergence System dynamics, SD * Applied version of DST * Founded by Jay Forrester ca 1950 * Applied to the world system in the Limits to Growth study sponsored by the Club of Rome Theoretical biology * Mythical field similar to theoretical physics * Search for laws applying to all biological systems * Waddington's Serbelloni conferences, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970: * Change in the attractor/basin portrait of a dynamical scheme; * Characterized by a loss of stability; * Three types: subtle, explosive, and catastrophic
Catastrophe theory * Branch of math created by Rene Thom ca 1966 * Study of catastrophic bifurcations of a dynamical scheme Cellular automaton, CA * Type of math model created by John von Neumann ca 1952 * A lattice of identical finite state machines interconnected by a rule, the same at each node * Exm: Conway's Game of Life Cellular dynamaton, CD * aka cellular dynamical system, or lattice dynamical system * Type of math model due to Rashevsky ca 1930 * Discrete model for partial differential equations of evolution type Chaos theory * Synonym for dynamical systems theory Complex dynamical systems theory * Synonym for chaos theory Complexity * Measure of complexity of a dynamical system or one of its attractors. Complexity theory * Study of complex dynamical systems * Especially, schemes of cellular dynamical systems Cybernetics * Field created by Norbert Wiener ca 1942 * Diffused by the Macy Conference, 1946 * Wiener's book publ 1948 Dynamical scheme * Family of DS depending on control parameters Dynamical system, DS * Two types: continuous, discrete Dynamical system, continuous * Autonomous system of ordinary differential equations Dynamical system, discrete * Iterated map system, iterated function system Dynamical systems theory, DST * Branch of math founded by Poincare ca 1882 * Early roots in Lord Rayleigh's work on musical instruments * Qualitative (or geometric) theory of dynamical systems General Evolution Theory, GET * Offshoot of GST and SD due to Ervin Laszlo ca 1985 * Developed by the General Evolution Research Group, GERG General Systems Theory, GST * Field created by Von Bertalanffy ca 1950 * Study of properties shared by all complex systems Gestalt theory * Holistic branch of psychology due to Wertheimer, Kohler * Berlin ca 1930 * Applied to social theory by Kurt Lewin, founder of social psych Emergence * Roughly equivalent to self-organization * Study of emergence of order in a field of chaos * Appearence of a property or simplicity in a CDS scheme * Study of bifurcations in a cellular dynamical scheme * Related to morphogenesis Homeokinetics * Field founded by Arthur Iberall ca 1950 * General theory of evolution in physical, biological, and social systems Homeostasis * Term introduced by W. B. Cannon ca 1932 or perhaps Claude Bernard ca 1850 * Stable equilibrium of a natural system * Same as static (point) attractor in DST Homeorhesis * Term introduced by C. H. Waddington ca 1957 * Dynamic equilibrium of a natural system * Non-static attractor of a DS Morphogenesis * Branch of math founded by Alan Turing ca 1952 with ancient and classical roots, eg, Kepler, Goethe. Politicometrics * Application of DST to wars and arms races * Created by Lewis Frye Richardson ca 1920 Self-organization * Synonym for emergence System dynamics, SD * Applied version of DST * Founded by Jay Forrester ca 1950 * Applied to the world system in the Limits to Growth study sponsored by the Club of Rome Theoretical biology * Mythical field similar to theoretical physics * Search for laws applying to all biological systems * Waddington's Serbelloni conferences, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970: * Branch of math created by Rene Thom ca 1966; * Study of catastrophic bifurcations of a dynamical scheme
Cellular automaton, CA * Type of math model created by John von Neumann ca 1952 * A lattice of identical finite state machines interconnected by a rule, the same at each node * Exm: Conway's Game of Life Cellular dynamaton, CD * aka cellular dynamical system, or lattice dynamical system * Type of math model due to Rashevsky ca 1930 * Discrete model for partial differential equations of evolution type Chaos theory * Synonym for dynamical systems theory Complex dynamical systems theory * Synonym for chaos theory Complexity * Measure of complexity of a dynamical system or one of its attractors. Complexity theory * Study of complex dynamical systems * Especially, schemes of cellular dynamical systems Cybernetics * Field created by Norbert Wiener ca 1942 * Diffused by the Macy Conference, 1946 * Wiener's book publ 1948 Dynamical scheme * Family of DS depending on control parameters Dynamical system, DS * Two types: continuous, discrete Dynamical system, continuous * Autonomous system of ordinary differential equations Dynamical system, discrete * Iterated map system, iterated function system Dynamical systems theory, DST * Branch of math founded by Poincare ca 1882 * Early roots in Lord Rayleigh's work on musical instruments * Qualitative (or geometric) theory of dynamical systems General Evolution Theory, GET * Offshoot of GST and SD due to Ervin Laszlo ca 1985 * Developed by the General Evolution Research Group, GERG General Systems Theory, GST * Field created by Von Bertalanffy ca 1950 * Study of properties shared by all complex systems Gestalt theory * Holistic branch of psychology due to Wertheimer, Kohler * Berlin ca 1930 * Applied to social theory by Kurt Lewin, founder of social psych Emergence * Roughly equivalent to self-organization * Study of emergence of order in a field of chaos * Appearence of a property or simplicity in a CDS scheme * Study of bifurcations in a cellular dynamical scheme * Related to morphogenesis Homeokinetics * Field founded by Arthur Iberall ca 1950 * General theory of evolution in physical, biological, and social systems Homeostasis * Term introduced by W. B. Cannon ca 1932 or perhaps Claude Bernard ca 1850 * Stable equilibrium of a natural system * Same as static (point) attractor in DST Homeorhesis * Term introduced by C. H. Waddington ca 1957 * Dynamic equilibrium of a natural system * Non-static attractor of a DS Morphogenesis * Branch of math founded by Alan Turing ca 1952 with ancient and classical roots, eg, Kepler, Goethe. Politicometrics * Application of DST to wars and arms races * Created by Lewis Frye Richardson ca 1920 Self-organization * Synonym for emergence System dynamics, SD * Applied version of DST * Founded by Jay Forrester ca 1950 * Applied to the world system in the Limits to Growth study sponsored by the Club of Rome Theoretical biology * Mythical field similar to theoretical physics * Search for laws applying to all biological systems * Waddington's Serbelloni conferences, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970: * Type of math model created by John von Neumann ca 1952; * A lattice of identical finite state machines interconnected by a rule, the same at each node; * Exm: Conway's Game of Life
Cellular dynamaton, CD * aka cellular dynamical system, or lattice dynamical system * Type of math model due to Rashevsky ca 1930 * Discrete model for partial differential equations of evolution type Chaos theory * Synonym for dynamical systems theory Complex dynamical systems theory * Synonym for chaos theory Complexity * Measure of complexity of a dynamical system or one of its attractors. Complexity theory * Study of complex dynamical systems * Especially, schemes of cellular dynamical systems Cybernetics * Field created by Norbert Wiener ca 1942 * Diffused by the Macy Conference, 1946 * Wiener's book publ 1948 Dynamical scheme * Family of DS depending on control parameters Dynamical system, DS * Two types: continuous, discrete Dynamical system, continuous * Autonomous system of ordinary differential equations Dynamical system, discrete * Iterated map system, iterated function system Dynamical systems theory, DST * Branch of math founded by Poincare ca 1882 * Early roots in Lord Rayleigh's work on musical instruments * Qualitative (or geometric) theory of dynamical systems General Evolution Theory, GET * Offshoot of GST and SD due to Ervin Laszlo ca 1985 * Developed by the General Evolution Research Group, GERG General Systems Theory, GST * Field created by Von Bertalanffy ca 1950 * Study of properties shared by all complex systems Gestalt theory * Holistic branch of psychology due to Wertheimer, Kohler * Berlin ca 1930 * Applied to social theory by Kurt Lewin, founder of social psych Emergence * Roughly equivalent to self-organization * Study of emergence of order in a field of chaos * Appearence of a property or simplicity in a CDS scheme * Study of bifurcations in a cellular dynamical scheme * Related to morphogenesis Homeokinetics * Field founded by Arthur Iberall ca 1950 * General theory of evolution in physical, biological, and social systems Homeostasis * Term introduced by W. B. Cannon ca 1932 or perhaps Claude Bernard ca 1850 * Stable equilibrium of a natural system * Same as static (point) attractor in DST Homeorhesis * Term introduced by C. H. Waddington ca 1957 * Dynamic equilibrium of a natural system * Non-static attractor of a DS Morphogenesis * Branch of math founded by Alan Turing ca 1952 with ancient and classical roots, eg, Kepler, Goethe. Politicometrics * Application of DST to wars and arms races * Created by Lewis Frye Richardson ca 1920 Self-organization * Synonym for emergence System dynamics, SD * Applied version of DST * Founded by Jay Forrester ca 1950 * Applied to the world system in the Limits to Growth study sponsored by the Club of Rome Theoretical biology * Mythical field similar to theoretical physics * Search for laws applying to all biological systems * Waddington's Serbelloni conferences, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970: * aka cellular dynamical system, or lattice dynamical system; * Type of math model due to Rashevsky ca 1930; * Discrete model for partial differential equations of evolution type
Chaos theory * Synonym for dynamical systems theory Complex dynamical systems theory * Synonym for chaos theory Complexity * Measure of complexity of a dynamical system or one of its attractors. Complexity theory * Study of complex dynamical systems * Especially, schemes of cellular dynamical systems Cybernetics * Field created by Norbert Wiener ca 1942 * Diffused by the Macy Conference, 1946 * Wiener's book publ 1948 Dynamical scheme * Family of DS depending on control parameters Dynamical system, DS * Two types: continuous, discrete Dynamical system, continuous * Autonomous system of ordinary differential equations Dynamical system, discrete * Iterated map system, iterated function system Dynamical systems theory, DST * Branch of math founded by Poincare ca 1882 * Early roots in Lord Rayleigh's work on musical instruments * Qualitative (or geometric) theory of dynamical systems General Evolution Theory, GET * Offshoot of GST and SD due to Ervin Laszlo ca 1985 * Developed by the General Evolution Research Group, GERG General Systems Theory, GST * Field created by Von Bertalanffy ca 1950 * Study of properties shared by all complex systems Gestalt theory * Holistic branch of psychology due to Wertheimer, Kohler * Berlin ca 1930 * Applied to social theory by Kurt Lewin, founder of social psych Emergence * Roughly equivalent to self-organization * Study of emergence of order in a field of chaos * Appearence of a property or simplicity in a CDS scheme * Study of bifurcations in a cellular dynamical scheme * Related to morphogenesis Homeokinetics * Field founded by Arthur Iberall ca 1950 * General theory of evolution in physical, biological, and social systems Homeostasis * Term introduced by W. B. Cannon ca 1932 or perhaps Claude Bernard ca 1850 * Stable equilibrium of a natural system * Same as static (point) attractor in DST Homeorhesis * Term introduced by C. H. Waddington ca 1957 * Dynamic equilibrium of a natural system * Non-static attractor of a DS Morphogenesis * Branch of math founded by Alan Turing ca 1952 with ancient and classical roots, eg, Kepler, Goethe. Politicometrics * Application of DST to wars and arms races * Created by Lewis Frye Richardson ca 1920 Self-organization * Synonym for emergence System dynamics, SD * Applied version of DST * Founded by Jay Forrester ca 1950 * Applied to the world system in the Limits to Growth study sponsored by the Club of Rome Theoretical biology * Mythical field similar to theoretical physics * Search for laws applying to all biological systems * Waddington's Serbelloni conferences, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970: * Synonym for dynamical systems theory
Complex dynamical systems theory * Synonym for chaos theory Complexity * Measure of complexity of a dynamical system or one of its attractors. Complexity theory * Study of complex dynamical systems * Especially, schemes of cellular dynamical systems Cybernetics * Field created by Norbert Wiener ca 1942 * Diffused by the Macy Conference, 1946 * Wiener's book publ 1948 Dynamical scheme * Family of DS depending on control parameters Dynamical system, DS * Two types: continuous, discrete Dynamical system, continuous * Autonomous system of ordinary differential equations Dynamical system, discrete * Iterated map system, iterated function system Dynamical systems theory, DST * Branch of math founded by Poincare ca 1882 * Early roots in Lord Rayleigh's work on musical instruments * Qualitative (or geometric) theory of dynamical systems General Evolution Theory, GET * Offshoot of GST and SD due to Ervin Laszlo ca 1985 * Developed by the General Evolution Research Group, GERG General Systems Theory, GST * Field created by Von Bertalanffy ca 1950 * Study of properties shared by all complex systems Gestalt theory * Holistic branch of psychology due to Wertheimer, Kohler * Berlin ca 1930 * Applied to social theory by Kurt Lewin, founder of social psych Emergence * Roughly equivalent to self-organization * Study of emergence of order in a field of chaos * Appearence of a property or simplicity in a CDS scheme * Study of bifurcations in a cellular dynamical scheme * Related to morphogenesis Homeokinetics * Field founded by Arthur Iberall ca 1950 * General theory of evolution in physical, biological, and social systems Homeostasis * Term introduced by W. B. Cannon ca 1932 or perhaps Claude Bernard ca 1850 * Stable equilibrium of a natural system * Same as static (point) attractor in DST Homeorhesis * Term introduced by C. H. Waddington ca 1957 * Dynamic equilibrium of a natural system * Non-static attractor of a DS Morphogenesis * Branch of math founded by Alan Turing ca 1952 with ancient and classical roots, eg, Kepler, Goethe. Politicometrics * Application of DST to wars and arms races * Created by Lewis Frye Richardson ca 1920 Self-organization * Synonym for emergence System dynamics, SD * Applied version of DST * Founded by Jay Forrester ca 1950 * Applied to the world system in the Limits to Growth study sponsored by the Club of Rome Theoretical biology * Mythical field similar to theoretical physics * Search for laws applying to all biological systems * Waddington's Serbelloni conferences, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970: * Synonym for chaos theory
Complexity * Measure of complexity of a dynamical system or one of its attractors. Complexity theory * Study of complex dynamical systems * Especially, schemes of cellular dynamical systems Cybernetics * Field created by Norbert Wiener ca 1942 * Diffused by the Macy Conference, 1946 * Wiener's book publ 1948 Dynamical scheme * Family of DS depending on control parameters Dynamical system, DS * Two types: continuous, discrete Dynamical system, continuous * Autonomous system of ordinary differential equations Dynamical system, discrete * Iterated map system, iterated function system Dynamical systems theory, DST * Branch of math founded by Poincare ca 1882 * Early roots in Lord Rayleigh's work on musical instruments * Qualitative (or geometric) theory of dynamical systems General Evolution Theory, GET * Offshoot of GST and SD due to Ervin Laszlo ca 1985 * Developed by the General Evolution Research Group, GERG General Systems Theory, GST * Field created by Von Bertalanffy ca 1950 * Study of properties shared by all complex systems Gestalt theory * Holistic branch of psychology due to Wertheimer, Kohler * Berlin ca 1930 * Applied to social theory by Kurt Lewin, founder of social psych Emergence * Roughly equivalent to self-organization * Study of emergence of order in a field of chaos * Appearence of a property or simplicity in a CDS scheme * Study of bifurcations in a cellular dynamical scheme * Related to morphogenesis Homeokinetics * Field founded by Arthur Iberall ca 1950 * General theory of evolution in physical, biological, and social systems Homeostasis * Term introduced by W. B. Cannon ca 1932 or perhaps Claude Bernard ca 1850 * Stable equilibrium of a natural system * Same as static (point) attractor in DST Homeorhesis * Term introduced by C. H. Waddington ca 1957 * Dynamic equilibrium of a natural system * Non-static attractor of a DS Morphogenesis * Branch of math founded by Alan Turing ca 1952 with ancient and classical roots, eg, Kepler, Goethe. Politicometrics * Application of DST to wars and arms races * Created by Lewis Frye Richardson ca 1920 Self-organization * Synonym for emergence System dynamics, SD * Applied version of DST * Founded by Jay Forrester ca 1950 * Applied to the world system in the Limits to Growth study sponsored by the Club of Rome Theoretical biology * Mythical field similar to theoretical physics * Search for laws applying to all biological systems * Waddington's Serbelloni conferences, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970: * Measure of complexity of a dynamical system or one of its attractors.
Complexity theory * Study of complex dynamical systems * Especially, schemes of cellular dynamical systems Cybernetics * Field created by Norbert Wiener ca 1942 * Diffused by the Macy Conference, 1946 * Wiener's book publ 1948 Dynamical scheme * Family of DS depending on control parameters Dynamical system, DS * Two types: continuous, discrete Dynamical system, continuous * Autonomous system of ordinary differential equations Dynamical system, discrete * Iterated map system, iterated function system Dynamical systems theory, DST * Branch of math founded by Poincare ca 1882 * Early roots in Lord Rayleigh's work on musical instruments * Qualitative (or geometric) theory of dynamical systems General Evolution Theory, GET * Offshoot of GST and SD due to Ervin Laszlo ca 1985 * Developed by the General Evolution Research Group, GERG General Systems Theory, GST * Field created by Von Bertalanffy ca 1950 * Study of properties shared by all complex systems Gestalt theory * Holistic branch of psychology due to Wertheimer, Kohler * Berlin ca 1930 * Applied to social theory by Kurt Lewin, founder of social psych Emergence * Roughly equivalent to self-organization * Study of emergence of order in a field of chaos * Appearence of a property or simplicity in a CDS scheme * Study of bifurcations in a cellular dynamical scheme * Related to morphogenesis Homeokinetics * Field founded by Arthur Iberall ca 1950 * General theory of evolution in physical, biological, and social systems Homeostasis * Term introduced by W. B. Cannon ca 1932 or perhaps Claude Bernard ca 1850 * Stable equilibrium of a natural system * Same as static (point) attractor in DST Homeorhesis * Term introduced by C. H. Waddington ca 1957 * Dynamic equilibrium of a natural system * Non-static attractor of a DS Morphogenesis * Branch of math founded by Alan Turing ca 1952 with ancient and classical roots, eg, Kepler, Goethe. Politicometrics * Application of DST to wars and arms races * Created by Lewis Frye Richardson ca 1920 Self-organization * Synonym for emergence System dynamics, SD * Applied version of DST * Founded by Jay Forrester ca 1950 * Applied to the world system in the Limits to Growth study sponsored by the Club of Rome Theoretical biology * Mythical field similar to theoretical physics * Search for laws applying to all biological systems * Waddington's Serbelloni conferences, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970: * Study of complex dynamical systems; * Especially, schemes of cellular dynamical systems
Cybernetics * Field created by Norbert Wiener ca 1942 * Diffused by the Macy Conference, 1946 * Wiener's book publ 1948 Dynamical scheme * Family of DS depending on control parameters Dynamical system, DS * Two types: continuous, discrete Dynamical system, continuous * Autonomous system of ordinary differential equations Dynamical system, discrete * Iterated map system, iterated function system Dynamical systems theory, DST * Branch of math founded by Poincare ca 1882 * Early roots in Lord Rayleigh's work on musical instruments * Qualitative (or geometric) theory of dynamical systems General Evolution Theory, GET * Offshoot of GST and SD due to Ervin Laszlo ca 1985 * Developed by the General Evolution Research Group, GERG General Systems Theory, GST * Field created by Von Bertalanffy ca 1950 * Study of properties shared by all complex systems Gestalt theory * Holistic branch of psychology due to Wertheimer, Kohler * Berlin ca 1930 * Applied to social theory by Kurt Lewin, founder of social psych Emergence * Roughly equivalent to self-organization * Study of emergence of order in a field of chaos * Appearence of a property or simplicity in a CDS scheme * Study of bifurcations in a cellular dynamical scheme * Related to morphogenesis Homeokinetics * Field founded by Arthur Iberall ca 1950 * General theory of evolution in physical, biological, and social systems Homeostasis * Term introduced by W. B. Cannon ca 1932 or perhaps Claude Bernard ca 1850 * Stable equilibrium of a natural system * Same as static (point) attractor in DST Homeorhesis * Term introduced by C. H. Waddington ca 1957 * Dynamic equilibrium of a natural system * Non-static attractor of a DS Morphogenesis * Branch of math founded by Alan Turing ca 1952 with ancient and classical roots, eg, Kepler, Goethe. Politicometrics * Application of DST to wars and arms races * Created by Lewis Frye Richardson ca 1920 Self-organization * Synonym for emergence System dynamics, SD * Applied version of DST * Founded by Jay Forrester ca 1950 * Applied to the world system in the Limits to Growth study sponsored by the Club of Rome Theoretical biology * Mythical field similar to theoretical physics * Search for laws applying to all biological systems * Waddington's Serbelloni conferences, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970: * Field created by Norbert Wiener ca 1942; * Diffused by the Macy Conference, 1946; * Wiener's book publ 1948
Dynamical scheme * Family of DS depending on control parameters Dynamical system, DS * Two types: continuous, discrete Dynamical system, continuous * Autonomous system of ordinary differential equations Dynamical system, discrete * Iterated map system, iterated function system Dynamical systems theory, DST * Branch of math founded by Poincare ca 1882 * Early roots in Lord Rayleigh's work on musical instruments * Qualitative (or geometric) theory of dynamical systems General Evolution Theory, GET * Offshoot of GST and SD due to Ervin Laszlo ca 1985 * Developed by the General Evolution Research Group, GERG General Systems Theory, GST * Field created by Von Bertalanffy ca 1950 * Study of properties shared by all complex systems Gestalt theory * Holistic branch of psychology due to Wertheimer, Kohler * Berlin ca 1930 * Applied to social theory by Kurt Lewin, founder of social psych Emergence * Roughly equivalent to self-organization * Study of emergence of order in a field of chaos * Appearence of a property or simplicity in a CDS scheme * Study of bifurcations in a cellular dynamical scheme * Related to morphogenesis Homeokinetics * Field founded by Arthur Iberall ca 1950 * General theory of evolution in physical, biological, and social systems Homeostasis * Term introduced by W. B. Cannon ca 1932 or perhaps Claude Bernard ca 1850 * Stable equilibrium of a natural system * Same as static (point) attractor in DST Homeorhesis * Term introduced by C. H. Waddington ca 1957 * Dynamic equilibrium of a natural system * Non-static attractor of a DS Morphogenesis * Branch of math founded by Alan Turing ca 1952 with ancient and classical roots, eg, Kepler, Goethe. Politicometrics * Application of DST to wars and arms races * Created by Lewis Frye Richardson ca 1920 Self-organization * Synonym for emergence System dynamics, SD * Applied version of DST * Founded by Jay Forrester ca 1950 * Applied to the world system in the Limits to Growth study sponsored by the Club of Rome Theoretical biology * Mythical field similar to theoretical physics * Search for laws applying to all biological systems * Waddington's Serbelloni conferences, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970: * Family of DS depending on control parameters
Dynamical system, DS * Two types: continuous, discrete Dynamical system, continuous * Autonomous system of ordinary differential equations Dynamical system, discrete * Iterated map system, iterated function system Dynamical systems theory, DST * Branch of math founded by Poincare ca 1882 * Early roots in Lord Rayleigh's work on musical instruments * Qualitative (or geometric) theory of dynamical systems General Evolution Theory, GET * Offshoot of GST and SD due to Ervin Laszlo ca 1985 * Developed by the General Evolution Research Group, GERG General Systems Theory, GST * Field created by Von Bertalanffy ca 1950 * Study of properties shared by all complex systems Gestalt theory * Holistic branch of psychology due to Wertheimer, Kohler * Berlin ca 1930 * Applied to social theory by Kurt Lewin, founder of social psych Emergence * Roughly equivalent to self-organization * Study of emergence of order in a field of chaos * Appearence of a property or simplicity in a CDS scheme * Study of bifurcations in a cellular dynamical scheme * Related to morphogenesis Homeokinetics * Field founded by Arthur Iberall ca 1950 * General theory of evolution in physical, biological, and social systems Homeostasis * Term introduced by W. B. Cannon ca 1932 or perhaps Claude Bernard ca 1850 * Stable equilibrium of a natural system * Same as static (point) attractor in DST Homeorhesis * Term introduced by C. H. Waddington ca 1957 * Dynamic equilibrium of a natural system * Non-static attractor of a DS Morphogenesis * Branch of math founded by Alan Turing ca 1952 with ancient and classical roots, eg, Kepler, Goethe. Politicometrics * Application of DST to wars and arms races * Created by Lewis Frye Richardson ca 1920 Self-organization * Synonym for emergence System dynamics, SD * Applied version of DST * Founded by Jay Forrester ca 1950 * Applied to the world system in the Limits to Growth study sponsored by the Club of Rome Theoretical biology * Mythical field similar to theoretical physics * Search for laws applying to all biological systems * Waddington's Serbelloni conferences, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970: * Two types: continuous, discrete
Dynamical system, continuous * Autonomous system of ordinary differential equations Dynamical system, discrete * Iterated map system, iterated function system Dynamical systems theory, DST * Branch of math founded by Poincare ca 1882 * Early roots in Lord Rayleigh's work on musical instruments * Qualitative (or geometric) theory of dynamical systems General Evolution Theory, GET * Offshoot of GST and SD due to Ervin Laszlo ca 1985 * Developed by the General Evolution Research Group, GERG General Systems Theory, GST * Field created by Von Bertalanffy ca 1950 * Study of properties shared by all complex systems Gestalt theory * Holistic branch of psychology due to Wertheimer, Kohler * Berlin ca 1930 * Applied to social theory by Kurt Lewin, founder of social psych Emergence * Roughly equivalent to self-organization * Study of emergence of order in a field of chaos * Appearence of a property or simplicity in a CDS scheme * Study of bifurcations in a cellular dynamical scheme * Related to morphogenesis Homeokinetics * Field founded by Arthur Iberall ca 1950 * General theory of evolution in physical, biological, and social systems Homeostasis * Term introduced by W. B. Cannon ca 1932 or perhaps Claude Bernard ca 1850 * Stable equilibrium of a natural system * Same as static (point) attractor in DST Homeorhesis * Term introduced by C. H. Waddington ca 1957 * Dynamic equilibrium of a natural system * Non-static attractor of a DS Morphogenesis * Branch of math founded by Alan Turing ca 1952 with ancient and classical roots, eg, Kepler, Goethe. Politicometrics * Application of DST to wars and arms races * Created by Lewis Frye Richardson ca 1920 Self-organization * Synonym for emergence System dynamics, SD * Applied version of DST * Founded by Jay Forrester ca 1950 * Applied to the world system in the Limits to Growth study sponsored by the Club of Rome Theoretical biology * Mythical field similar to theoretical physics * Search for laws applying to all biological systems * Waddington's Serbelloni conferences, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970: * Autonomous system of ordinary differential equations
Dynamical system, discrete * Iterated map system, iterated function system Dynamical systems theory, DST * Branch of math founded by Poincare ca 1882 * Early roots in Lord Rayleigh's work on musical instruments * Qualitative (or geometric) theory of dynamical systems General Evolution Theory, GET * Offshoot of GST and SD due to Ervin Laszlo ca 1985 * Developed by the General Evolution Research Group, GERG General Systems Theory, GST * Field created by Von Bertalanffy ca 1950 * Study of properties shared by all complex systems Gestalt theory * Holistic branch of psychology due to Wertheimer, Kohler * Berlin ca 1930 * Applied to social theory by Kurt Lewin, founder of social psych Emergence * Roughly equivalent to self-organization * Study of emergence of order in a field of chaos * Appearence of a property or simplicity in a CDS scheme * Study of bifurcations in a cellular dynamical scheme * Related to morphogenesis Homeokinetics * Field founded by Arthur Iberall ca 1950 * General theory of evolution in physical, biological, and social systems Homeostasis * Term introduced by W. B. Cannon ca 1932 or perhaps Claude Bernard ca 1850 * Stable equilibrium of a natural system * Same as static (point) attractor in DST Homeorhesis * Term introduced by C. H. Waddington ca 1957 * Dynamic equilibrium of a natural system * Non-static attractor of a DS Morphogenesis * Branch of math founded by Alan Turing ca 1952 with ancient and classical roots, eg, Kepler, Goethe. Politicometrics * Application of DST to wars and arms races * Created by Lewis Frye Richardson ca 1920 Self-organization * Synonym for emergence System dynamics, SD * Applied version of DST * Founded by Jay Forrester ca 1950 * Applied to the world system in the Limits to Growth study sponsored by the Club of Rome Theoretical biology * Mythical field similar to theoretical physics * Search for laws applying to all biological systems * Waddington's Serbelloni conferences, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970: * Iterated map system, iterated function system
Dynamical systems theory, DST * Branch of math founded by Poincare ca 1882 * Early roots in Lord Rayleigh's work on musical instruments * Qualitative (or geometric) theory of dynamical systems General Evolution Theory, GET * Offshoot of GST and SD due to Ervin Laszlo ca 1985 * Developed by the General Evolution Research Group, GERG General Systems Theory, GST * Field created by Von Bertalanffy ca 1950 * Study of properties shared by all complex systems Gestalt theory * Holistic branch of psychology due to Wertheimer, Kohler * Berlin ca 1930 * Applied to social theory by Kurt Lewin, founder of social psych Emergence * Roughly equivalent to self-organization * Study of emergence of order in a field of chaos * Appearence of a property or simplicity in a CDS scheme * Study of bifurcations in a cellular dynamical scheme * Related to morphogenesis Homeokinetics * Field founded by Arthur Iberall ca 1950 * General theory of evolution in physical, biological, and social systems Homeostasis * Term introduced by W. B. Cannon ca 1932 or perhaps Claude Bernard ca 1850 * Stable equilibrium of a natural system * Same as static (point) attractor in DST Homeorhesis * Term introduced by C. H. Waddington ca 1957 * Dynamic equilibrium of a natural system * Non-static attractor of a DS Morphogenesis * Branch of math founded by Alan Turing ca 1952 with ancient and classical roots, eg, Kepler, Goethe. Politicometrics * Application of DST to wars and arms races * Created by Lewis Frye Richardson ca 1920 Self-organization * Synonym for emergence System dynamics, SD * Applied version of DST * Founded by Jay Forrester ca 1950 * Applied to the world system in the Limits to Growth study sponsored by the Club of Rome Theoretical biology * Mythical field similar to theoretical physics * Search for laws applying to all biological systems * Waddington's Serbelloni conferences, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970: * Branch of math founded by Poincare ca 1882; * Early roots in Lord Rayleigh's work on musical instruments; * Qualitative (or geometric) theory of dynamical systems
General Evolution Theory, GET * Offshoot of GST and SD due to Ervin Laszlo ca 1985 * Developed by the General Evolution Research Group, GERG General Systems Theory, GST * Field created by Von Bertalanffy ca 1950 * Study of properties shared by all complex systems Gestalt theory * Holistic branch of psychology due to Wertheimer, Kohler * Berlin ca 1930 * Applied to social theory by Kurt Lewin, founder of social psych Emergence * Roughly equivalent to self-organization * Study of emergence of order in a field of chaos * Appearence of a property or simplicity in a CDS scheme * Study of bifurcations in a cellular dynamical scheme * Related to morphogenesis Homeokinetics * Field founded by Arthur Iberall ca 1950 * General theory of evolution in physical, biological, and social systems Homeostasis * Term introduced by W. B. Cannon ca 1932 or perhaps Claude Bernard ca 1850 * Stable equilibrium of a natural system * Same as static (point) attractor in DST Homeorhesis * Term introduced by C. H. Waddington ca 1957 * Dynamic equilibrium of a natural system * Non-static attractor of a DS Morphogenesis * Branch of math founded by Alan Turing ca 1952 with ancient and classical roots, eg, Kepler, Goethe. Politicometrics * Application of DST to wars and arms races * Created by Lewis Frye Richardson ca 1920 Self-organization * Synonym for emergence System dynamics, SD * Applied version of DST * Founded by Jay Forrester ca 1950 * Applied to the world system in the Limits to Growth study sponsored by the Club of Rome Theoretical biology * Mythical field similar to theoretical physics * Search for laws applying to all biological systems * Waddington's Serbelloni conferences, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970: * Offshoot of GST and SD due to Ervin Laszlo ca 1985; * Developed by the General Evolution Research Group, GERG
General Systems Theory, GST * Field created by Von Bertalanffy ca 1950 * Study of properties shared by all complex systems Gestalt theory * Holistic branch of psychology due to Wertheimer, Kohler * Berlin ca 1930 * Applied to social theory by Kurt Lewin, founder of social psych Emergence * Roughly equivalent to self-organization * Study of emergence of order in a field of chaos * Appearence of a property or simplicity in a CDS scheme * Study of bifurcations in a cellular dynamical scheme * Related to morphogenesis Homeokinetics * Field founded by Arthur Iberall ca 1950 * General theory of evolution in physical, biological, and social systems Homeostasis * Term introduced by W. B. Cannon ca 1932 or perhaps Claude Bernard ca 1850 * Stable equilibrium of a natural system * Same as static (point) attractor in DST Homeorhesis * Term introduced by C. H. Waddington ca 1957 * Dynamic equilibrium of a natural system * Non-static attractor of a DS Morphogenesis * Branch of math founded by Alan Turing ca 1952 with ancient and classical roots, eg, Kepler, Goethe. Politicometrics * Application of DST to wars and arms races * Created by Lewis Frye Richardson ca 1920 Self-organization * Synonym for emergence System dynamics, SD * Applied version of DST * Founded by Jay Forrester ca 1950 * Applied to the world system in the Limits to Growth study sponsored by the Club of Rome Theoretical biology * Mythical field similar to theoretical physics * Search for laws applying to all biological systems * Waddington's Serbelloni conferences, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970: * Field created by Von Bertalanffy ca 1950; * Study of properties shared by all complex systems
Gestalt theory * Holistic branch of psychology due to Wertheimer, Kohler * Berlin ca 1930 * Applied to social theory by Kurt Lewin, founder of social psych Emergence * Roughly equivalent to self-organization * Study of emergence of order in a field of chaos * Appearence of a property or simplicity in a CDS scheme * Study of bifurcations in a cellular dynamical scheme * Related to morphogenesis Homeokinetics * Field founded by Arthur Iberall ca 1950 * General theory of evolution in physical, biological, and social systems Homeostasis * Term introduced by W. B. Cannon ca 1932 or perhaps Claude Bernard ca 1850 * Stable equilibrium of a natural system * Same as static (point) attractor in DST Homeorhesis * Term introduced by C. H. Waddington ca 1957 * Dynamic equilibrium of a natural system * Non-static attractor of a DS Morphogenesis * Branch of math founded by Alan Turing ca 1952 with ancient and classical roots, eg, Kepler, Goethe. Politicometrics * Application of DST to wars and arms races * Created by Lewis Frye Richardson ca 1920 Self-organization * Synonym for emergence System dynamics, SD * Applied version of DST * Founded by Jay Forrester ca 1950 * Applied to the world system in the Limits to Growth study sponsored by the Club of Rome Theoretical biology * Mythical field similar to theoretical physics * Search for laws applying to all biological systems * Waddington's Serbelloni conferences, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970: * Holistic branch of psychology due to Wertheimer, Kohler; * Berlin ca 1930; * Applied to social theory by Kurt Lewin, founder of social psych
Emergence * Roughly equivalent to self-organization * Study of emergence of order in a field of chaos * Appearence of a property or simplicity in a CDS scheme * Study of bifurcations in a cellular dynamical scheme * Related to morphogenesis Homeokinetics * Field founded by Arthur Iberall ca 1950 * General theory of evolution in physical, biological, and social systems Homeostasis * Term introduced by W. B. Cannon ca 1932 or perhaps Claude Bernard ca 1850 * Stable equilibrium of a natural system * Same as static (point) attractor in DST Homeorhesis * Term introduced by C. H. Waddington ca 1957 * Dynamic equilibrium of a natural system * Non-static attractor of a DS Morphogenesis * Branch of math founded by Alan Turing ca 1952 with ancient and classical roots, eg, Kepler, Goethe. Politicometrics * Application of DST to wars and arms races * Created by Lewis Frye Richardson ca 1920 Self-organization * Synonym for emergence System dynamics, SD * Applied version of DST * Founded by Jay Forrester ca 1950 * Applied to the world system in the Limits to Growth study sponsored by the Club of Rome Theoretical biology * Mythical field similar to theoretical physics * Search for laws applying to all biological systems * Waddington's Serbelloni conferences, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970: * Roughly equivalent to self-organization; * Study of emergence of order in a field of chaos; * Appearence of a property or simplicity in a CDS scheme; * Study of bifurcations in a cellular dynamical scheme; * Related to morphogenesis
Homeokinetics * Field founded by Arthur Iberall ca 1950 * General theory of evolution in physical, biological, and social systems Homeostasis * Term introduced by W. B. Cannon ca 1932 or perhaps Claude Bernard ca 1850 * Stable equilibrium of a natural system * Same as static (point) attractor in DST Homeorhesis * Term introduced by C. H. Waddington ca 1957 * Dynamic equilibrium of a natural system * Non-static attractor of a DS Morphogenesis * Branch of math founded by Alan Turing ca 1952 with ancient and classical roots, eg, Kepler, Goethe. Politicometrics * Application of DST to wars and arms races * Created by Lewis Frye Richardson ca 1920 Self-organization * Synonym for emergence System dynamics, SD * Applied version of DST * Founded by Jay Forrester ca 1950 * Applied to the world system in the Limits to Growth study sponsored by the Club of Rome Theoretical biology * Mythical field similar to theoretical physics * Search for laws applying to all biological systems * Waddington's Serbelloni conferences, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970: * Field founded by Arthur Iberall ca 1950; * General theory of evolution in physical, biological, and social systems
Homeostasis * Term introduced by W. B. Cannon ca 1932 or perhaps Claude Bernard ca 1850 * Stable equilibrium of a natural system * Same as static (point) attractor in DST Homeorhesis * Term introduced by C. H. Waddington ca 1957 * Dynamic equilibrium of a natural system * Non-static attractor of a DS Morphogenesis * Branch of math founded by Alan Turing ca 1952 with ancient and classical roots, eg, Kepler, Goethe. Politicometrics * Application of DST to wars and arms races * Created by Lewis Frye Richardson ca 1920 Self-organization * Synonym for emergence System dynamics, SD * Applied version of DST * Founded by Jay Forrester ca 1950 * Applied to the world system in the Limits to Growth study sponsored by the Club of Rome Theoretical biology * Mythical field similar to theoretical physics * Search for laws applying to all biological systems * Waddington's Serbelloni conferences, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970: * Term introduced by W. B. Cannon ca 1932 or perhaps Claude Bernard ca 1850; * Stable equilibrium of a natural system; * Same as static (point) attractor in DST
Homeorhesis * Term introduced by C. H. Waddington ca 1957 * Dynamic equilibrium of a natural system * Non-static attractor of a DS Morphogenesis * Branch of math founded by Alan Turing ca 1952 with ancient and classical roots, eg, Kepler, Goethe. Politicometrics * Application of DST to wars and arms races * Created by Lewis Frye Richardson ca 1920 Self-organization * Synonym for emergence System dynamics, SD * Applied version of DST * Founded by Jay Forrester ca 1950 * Applied to the world system in the Limits to Growth study sponsored by the Club of Rome Theoretical biology * Mythical field similar to theoretical physics * Search for laws applying to all biological systems * Waddington's Serbelloni conferences, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970: * Term introduced by C. H. Waddington ca 1957; * Dynamic equilibrium of a natural system; * Non-static attractor of a DS
Morphogenesis * Branch of math founded by Alan Turing ca 1952 with ancient and classical roots, eg, Kepler, Goethe. Politicometrics * Application of DST to wars and arms races * Created by Lewis Frye Richardson ca 1920 Self-organization * Synonym for emergence System dynamics, SD * Applied version of DST * Founded by Jay Forrester ca 1950 * Applied to the world system in the Limits to Growth study sponsored by the Club of Rome Theoretical biology * Mythical field similar to theoretical physics * Search for laws applying to all biological systems * Waddington's Serbelloni conferences, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970: * Branch of math founded by Alan Turing ca 1952 with ancient and classical roots, eg, Kepler, Goethe.
Politicometrics * Application of DST to wars and arms races * Created by Lewis Frye Richardson ca 1920 Self-organization * Synonym for emergence System dynamics, SD * Applied version of DST * Founded by Jay Forrester ca 1950 * Applied to the world system in the Limits to Growth study sponsored by the Club of Rome Theoretical biology * Mythical field similar to theoretical physics * Search for laws applying to all biological systems * Waddington's Serbelloni conferences, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970: * Application of DST to wars and arms races; * Created by Lewis Frye Richardson ca 1920
Self-organization * Synonym for emergence System dynamics, SD * Applied version of DST * Founded by Jay Forrester ca 1950 * Applied to the world system in the Limits to Growth study sponsored by the Club of Rome Theoretical biology * Mythical field similar to theoretical physics * Search for laws applying to all biological systems * Waddington's Serbelloni conferences, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970: * Synonym for emergence
System dynamics, SD * Applied version of DST * Founded by Jay Forrester ca 1950 * Applied to the world system in the Limits to Growth study sponsored by the Club of Rome Theoretical biology * Mythical field similar to theoretical physics * Search for laws applying to all biological systems * Waddington's Serbelloni conferences, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970: * Applied version of DST; * Founded by Jay Forrester ca 1950; * Applied to the world system in the Limits to Growth study sponsored by the Club of Rome
Theoretical biology * Mythical field similar to theoretical physics * Search for laws applying to all biological systems * Waddington's Serbelloni conferences, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970: * Mythical field similar to theoretical physics; * Search for laws applying to all biological systems; * Waddington's Serbelloni conferences, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970

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