Levels of control and closure in complex semiotic systems

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 901, Issue , 2000, Pages 67-74

  Joslyn, Cliff ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROL; DECISION THEORY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; MODEL; ORGANIZATION; SEMANTICS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034060228     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb06266.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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