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... Expressed in the simplest way a Turing automaton is an abstract machine capable of imprinting ( or deleting ) ' 1 ' and ' 0 ' marks on a tape of infinite length . It can be shown that any process of whatever complexity can be simulated ...
... Expressed in the simplest way a Turing automaton is an abstract machine capable of imprinting ( or deleting ) ' 1 ' and ' 0 ' marks on a tape of infinite length . It can be shown that any process of whatever complexity can be simulated ...
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... expressed not only in terms of actual conditions , but also in terms of the distance from the equilibrium state ; the system seems to ' aim ' at an equili- brium to be reached only in the future . Or else , the happenings may be expressed ...
... expressed not only in terms of actual conditions , but also in terms of the distance from the equilibrium state ; the system seems to ' aim ' at an equili- brium to be reached only in the future . Or else , the happenings may be expressed ...
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... expression of it . The final state to be reached in future is s not a vis a fronte mysteriously attracting the system ... expressed in terms of causality . Types of Finality No detailed discussion of the problem of finality is intended ...
... expression of it . The final state to be reached in future is s not a vis a fronte mysteriously attracting the system ... expressed in terms of causality . Types of Finality No detailed discussion of the problem of finality is intended ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 29 |
Limitations | 38 |
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