CORRELATIONS (Complex)
Charles François (2004). CORRELATIONS (Complex), International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 733.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 733 ▶ |
| Object type | Methodology or model |
Interferences variable in time between multiple elements or factors .
This kind of correlations is frequent in ecosystem s, specially in perturbed ones.
A population crash of some parasitic or predator species may transform definitively the general more or less cyclical dynamics of the system and permanently change the relations of equilibrium among its component s, some of which could even disappear.
It seems possible that a factor like technological acceleration could produce this type of transformatio n between specialized groups in human societies, some of them being eliminated and others emerging or becoming dominant.