Synergy and self‐organization in the evolution of complex systems

Systems Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 89-121

  Corning, Peter A ^a  

^a Inst for the Stud of Complex Syst   (United States)

Author keywords

complexity; cooperation; cybernetics; emergence; evolution; selection; self organization; symbiosis; synergy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002233051     PISSN: 07317239     EISSN: 10991735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.3850120204     Document Type: Article

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