TRANSFORMATION (General Theory of)
Charles François (2004). TRANSFORMATION (General Theory of), International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(2): 3614.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(2) |
| ID | ◀ 3614 ▶ |
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Rafael RODRIGUEZ DELGADO in his last work advocates the constitution of a “General Theory of Transformation” (1997, p.27).
Such a theory should coordinate autogenesis and self-organization ('V. CSANYI's “zero-system ”, for ex.); self-reproduction (i.e.: MATURANA's “autopoiesis ”); growth ; dynamic stability andfluctuations ; cycles and functions ; catastrophes in the THOM and ZEEMAN sense; chaotic processes; emergence ; disintegration; synergetics ( HAKEN'); self organized criticality , and possibly other aspects.
The role of timers should be also taken in account and the whole subject framed in classical and Prigoginian thermodynamics .