A note on information, order, stability and adaptability

BioSystems

Volumn 38, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 221-227

  De Vree, Johan K ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptability; Information; Non linearity; Order; Social systems; Stability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; INFORMATION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIETY; WORK;

EID: 0030005894     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0303-2647(95)01594-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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