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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... rate of information input to it is greater than the maximal processing rate of its information processing sub- systems . 2.1 Effects of increase of information input rate on information output rate The following five related cross ...
... rate of information input to it is greater than the maximal processing rate of its information processing sub- systems . 2.1 Effects of increase of information input rate on information output rate The following five related cross ...
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... information output was at rates as high as the maximum forced - pace performance . Is the rate of information transmission in a forced- pace serial task a function of ( a ) the rate of input of signals , ( b ) the amount of information ...
... information output was at rates as high as the maximum forced - pace performance . Is the rate of information transmission in a forced- pace serial task a function of ( a ) the rate of input of signals , ( b ) the amount of information ...
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... information transmitted , there was much more communication in the high - autonomy structure than in the low . The rate of information exchange increased with practice , which meant that groups learned to pack more communication into a ...
... information transmitted , there was much more communication in the high - autonomy structure than in the low . The rate of information exchange increased with practice , which meant that groups learned to pack more communication into a ...
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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