Information and Selforganization: A Unifying Approach and Applications
Selforganization is a process by which the interaction between the parts of a complex system gives rise to the spontaneous emergence of patterns, structures or functions. In this interaction the system elements exchange matter, energy and information. We focus our attention on the relations between...
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| description | Selforganization is a process by which the interaction between the parts of a complex system gives rise to the spontaneous emergence of patterns, structures or functions. In this interaction the system elements exchange matter, energy and information. We focus our attention on the relations between selforganization and information in general and the way they are linked to cognitive processes in particular. We do so from the analytical and mathematical perspective of the “second foundation of synergetics” and its “synergetic computer” and with reference to several forms of information: Shannon’s information that deals with the quantity of a message irrespective of its meaning, semantic and pragmatic forms of information that deal with the meaning conveyed by messages and information adaptation that refers to the interplay between Shannon’s information and semantic or pragmatic information. We first elucidate the relations between selforganization and information theoretically and mathematically and then by means of specific case studies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fd77013a446f4ff19f461611250179582022-12-22T03:19:04ZengMDPI AGEntropy1099-43002016-06-0118619710.3390/e18060197e18060197Information and Selforganization: A Unifying Approach and ApplicationsHermann Haken0Juval Portugali1Institute for Theoretical Physics, Center of Synergetics, Pfaffenwaldring 57/4, Stuttgart University, D-70550 Stuttgart, GermanyESLab (Environmental Simulation Lab), Department of Geography and the Human Environment, Tel Aviv University, 69978 Tel Aviv, IsraelSelforganization is a process by which the interaction between the parts of a complex system gives rise to the spontaneous emergence of patterns, structures or functions. In this interaction the system elements exchange matter, energy and information. We focus our attention on the relations between selforganization and information in general and the way they are linked to cognitive processes in particular. We do so from the analytical and mathematical perspective of the “second foundation of synergetics” and its “synergetic computer” and with reference to several forms of information: Shannon’s information that deals with the quantity of a message irrespective of its meaning, semantic and pragmatic forms of information that deal with the meaning conveyed by messages and information adaptation that refers to the interplay between Shannon’s information and semantic or pragmatic information. We first elucidate the relations between selforganization and information theoretically and mathematically and then by means of specific case studies.http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/18/6/197synergeticsShannon informationpragmatic and semantic informationorder parameterslaving principlepattern formation/recognitionsynergetic computerquasiattractorsambivalent/hybrid imagessaccadic eye movementsconsciousnessurban dynamicsexploratory behavior |
| spellingShingle | Hermann Haken Juval Portugali Information and Selforganization: A Unifying Approach and Applications Entropy synergetics Shannon information pragmatic and semantic information order parameter slaving principle pattern formation/recognition synergetic computer quasiattractors ambivalent/hybrid images saccadic eye movements consciousness urban dynamics exploratory behavior |
| title | Information and Selforganization: A Unifying Approach and Applications |
| title_full | Information and Selforganization: A Unifying Approach and Applications |
| title_fullStr | Information and Selforganization: A Unifying Approach and Applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Information and Selforganization: A Unifying Approach and Applications |
| title_short | Information and Selforganization: A Unifying Approach and Applications |
| title_sort | information and selforganization a unifying approach and applications |
| topic | synergetics Shannon information pragmatic and semantic information order parameter slaving principle pattern formation/recognition synergetic computer quasiattractors ambivalent/hybrid images saccadic eye movements consciousness urban dynamics exploratory behavior |
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