Entropy Methods in Guided Self-Organisation

Self-organisation occurs in natural phenomena when a spontaneous increase in order is produced by the interactions of elements of a complex system. Thermodynamically, this increase must be offset by production of entropy which, broadly speaking, can be understood as a decrease in order. Ideally,...

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Main Authors: Mikhail Prokopenko, Carlos Gershenson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-10-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/16/10/5232