Levels of description: A novel approach to dynamical hierarchies

Artificial Life

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 459-472

  McGregor, Simon ^a   Fernando, Chrisantha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamical hierarchies; Dynamical systems; Hyperstructures; Information theory

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION THEORY; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

DYNAMICAL HIERARCHIES; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS;

SELF ORGANIZING MAPS;

ARTICLE; INFORMATION SCIENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

INFORMATION THEORY; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 26444432259     PISSN: 10645462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/106454605774270615     Document Type: Article

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