Physical relationships among matter, energy and information

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 369-372

  Umpleby, Stuart A ^a,b  

^a George Washington University   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bremerman's limit matter energy relationship; Information; Planck's constant

Indexed keywords

BREMERMAN'S LIMIT MATTER-ENERGY RELATIONSHIP; ENERGY AND INFORMATION; ENERGY RELATIONS; GENERAL SYSTEMS; INFORMATION; PLANCK'S CONSTANTS;

SYSTEMS SCIENCE;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 34548037638     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: 10991743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.761     Document Type: Article

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