ACCRETION

Charles François (2004). ACCRETION, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 6.

Collection	International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics
Year	2004
Vol. (num.)	2(1)
ID	◀ 6 ▶
Object type	Methodology or model

A process of growth by gradual addition of elements.

In general accretion is governed by some geometric rule or rules of space occupancy, as for example clustering by fractal aggregation , or hexagonal space filling .

In most cases it also results of dissipative structuration .