SUPERORGANISM
Charles François (2004). SUPERORGANISM, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(2): 3266.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(2) |
| ID | ◀ 3266 ▶ |
| Object type | General information |
- “An insect society that possesses features of organization analogous to the physiological processes of individual organism” (Th. SEELEY, 1989, p.548).
The term was coined by W.M. WHEELER (1919). It was a forerunner of the organismic viewpoint and of self-organization and dissipative structuration models.