INTER-INFLUENCES
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 1752 ▶ |
| Object type | General information, Human sciences, Methodology or model |
C. HARDY uses the concept of inter-influences between elements and processes as a general key to self-organization (1998)
Inter-influences do not only concern interactions , nor even recurrent feedbacks between elements.
In fact, inter-influences can never be perfectly described, and still less perfectly understood.
Multiples inter-influences are a basic characteristic ofnetworks of all kinds. But they must be considered in relation to the space and time features of the network. Space is never really isotropic from the viewpoint of propagation of effects .
From the same viewpoint, no propagation is ever instantaneous and, moreover, the velocities are not isochronous and time lags fragment the general determinism of the network and may introduce a certain measure of chaos .
This partly explains the special type of self-organization known as self-organized criticality.