Boundary maintenance in Living Systems Theory and Social Entropy Theory

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 587-597

  Bailey, Kenneth D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary; Information flows; Living Systems Theory; Matter energy flow; Social Entropy Theory

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY; ENTROPY THEORY; INFORMATION FLOWS; LIVING SYSTEMS; MATTER-ENERGY FLOW;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; MAINTENANCE; SYSTEM THEORY;

ENTROPY;

EID: 61349089814     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: 10991743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.933     Document Type: Article

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