DIFFUSION -- COALESCENCE
Charles François (2004). DIFFUSION -- COALESCENCE, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 920.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 920 ▶ |
| Object type | Methodology or model |
A process through which a great number of scattered elements of the same kind tend to concentrate into tightening clusters.
Such processes can be observed in physics, but seem also to happen in some kinds of living systems as for example in Dictyostelium discoideum, in migratory locusts and even possibly in human congeries, like the modern megalopolis.