COMBINATORIAL ANALYSIS
Charles François (2004). COMBINATORIAL ANALYSIS, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 498.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 498 ▶ |
| Object type | Discipline oriented, Methodology or model |
The mathematical study of all types of combinations and permutations, and their properties.
The subject is closely related to factorials, graphs theory, groups theory, lattices and matrixes.
K. KRIPPENDORFF refers himself to “Combinatorial explosion” which “occurs when a small increase of the number of elements that can be combined increases the number of combinations to be computed so fast that it quickly reaches computational limits (BREMERMANN 's limit)” (1986, p.12).