Living SystemsOffering a detailed analysis of each of the major aspects and characteristics encountered at all seven levels, Living Systems identifies multiple variables of each of 9 matter-energy and information-processing subsystems, the normal and pathological states of these variables, and practical indicators for measuring changes in them. It also specifies cross-level formal identities among the levels and describes the artifacts, machines, or technologies at each level. |
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... ensemble increases , the average processing time increases . ( M ) HYPOTHESIS 5.1-14 : As the size of the input ensemble increases , the use of all adjustment processes increases . ( L ) HYPOTHESIS 5.1-15 : As the size of the output ...
... ensemble increases , the average processing time increases . ( M ) HYPOTHESIS 5.1-14 : As the size of the input ensemble increases , the use of all adjustment processes increases . ( L ) HYPOTHESIS 5.1-15 : As the size of the output ...
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... ensemble from which the experimenters were to choose a number to be displayed in each trial , the average reaction time was the same no matter whether the ensemble was 2 , 4 , 6 , 8 , or 10. In this work , the reaction time was constant ...
... ensemble from which the experimenters were to choose a number to be displayed in each trial , the average reaction time was the same no matter whether the ensemble was 2 , 4 , 6 , 8 , or 10. In this work , the reaction time was constant ...
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... ensemble , or ( c ) a joint function of these two factors ? In an effort to answer this question Alluisi , Muller , and Fitts presented Ara- bic numerals visually to 10 subjects , who responded to them with verbal outputs in one part of ...
... ensemble , or ( c ) a joint function of these two factors ? In an effort to answer this question Alluisi , Muller , and Fitts presented Ara- bic numerals visually to 10 subjects , who responded to them with verbal outputs in one part of ...
Contents
Tables of the Critical Subsystems | xi |
Preface to the First Edition | xxvii |
Outline of Chapters 3 4 and 6 through 12 | xxxviii |
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