MODELS (Qualitative)
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(2) |
| ID | ◀ 2180 ▶ |
| Object type | Epistemology, ontology or semantics, Methodology or model |
The progressive emergence of G.S.T. goes with the development of mathematical models of a more qualitative character than the traditional ones. This corresponds to the need to study the forms of structural organization as well as the dynamic transformations that affect them.
Thus, G.S.T makes a growing use of:
- classical topology (Formerly POINCARÉ's Analysis situs)
- graphs theory (KÖNIG)
- fractals theory (MANDELBROT)
- fuzzy sets theory (ZADEH)
- catastrophes theory (THOM — ZEEMAN)
- percolation theory (HAMMERSLEY- GILLES de GENNES)
- deterministic chaos (LORENZ, SMALE and many more)
- so-called games of life (CONWAY)
- a renewed theory of interconnected cycles (EIGEN)
All these theories are in slow process of interconnecting and a coherent set of typically systemic models is now emerging, within however two well different classes: static models and dynamic ones.