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... sort of under- standing of complex systems . But some people may feel that one ought to start by defining what we shall be discussing . However , no one has yet succeeded in giving a definition of ' complexity ' which is meaningful ...
... sort of under- standing of complex systems . But some people may feel that one ought to start by defining what we shall be discussing . However , no one has yet succeeded in giving a definition of ' complexity ' which is meaningful ...
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... sort of flow is going steadily through the system . What remains stationary is the pattern of this flow . Any end - state which a system attains , or moves towards , is sometimes referred to as a ' goal ' ; but that is a rather ...
... sort of flow is going steadily through the system . What remains stationary is the pattern of this flow . Any end - state which a system attains , or moves towards , is sometimes referred to as a ' goal ' ; but that is a rather ...
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... sort of chaos . Most conventional discussions of ' stabilization ' or ' control ' of human situations are in terms ... sort of ( perhaps old - fashioned ) intuition that if uncontrolled , they would lead to a situation of total ...
... sort of chaos . Most conventional discussions of ' stabilization ' or ' control ' of human situations are in terms ... sort of ( perhaps old - fashioned ) intuition that if uncontrolled , they would lead to a situation of total ...
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