EIGEN-STATE
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Charles François (2004). EIGEN-STATE, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 1041.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics | 
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 | 
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) | 
| ID | ◀ 1041 ▶ | 
| Object type | Methodology or model | 
- “Closure of a certain state under an operator” (F. HEYLIGHEN, 1990b, p.500).
 
The same state repeats itself in a cyclical or hypercyclical way.
As observed by C. HENRY and L.M. ROCHA (1996, p. 543), von FOERSTER's Eigen-states are in fact attractors .