On Causality in Nonlinear Complex Systems. the Developmentalist Perspective

Philosophy of Complex Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 287-309

  Coffman, James A ^a  

^a Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory   (United States)

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EID: 84884426490     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52076-0.50010-9     Document Type: Chapter

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