The Least Action and the Metric of an Organized System

Open Systems and Information Dynamics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 371-380

  Georgiev, Georgi ^a   Georgiev, Iskren ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

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EID: 0346048202     PISSN: 12301612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021858318296     Document Type: Article

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