The practical modelling of context-dependent causal processes - A recasting of Robert Rosen's thought

Chemistry and Biodiversity

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2386-2395

  Edmonds, Bruce ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM ION;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CAUSAL MODELING; CELL METABOLISM; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; LANGUAGE; MEMORY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHILOSOPHY; PREDICTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCESS MODEL; RELIABILITY; SODIUM CELL LEVEL; SODIUM TRANSPORT;

MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 35748952528     PISSN: 16121872     EISSN: 16121880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.200790194     Document Type: Article

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