Principles of Quantitative Living Systems Science

In 1978, when the book Living Systems was published, it contained the prediction that the sciences that were concerned with the biological and social sciences would, in the future, be stated as rigorously as the “hard sciences” that study such nonliving phenomena as temperature, distance, and the in...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Simms, James R. (Συγγραφέας)
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2002.
Σειρά:International Federation for Systems Research International Series on Systems Science and Engineering, 13
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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505 0 |a Quantification of Behavior -- Capacity to Direct Energy -- Behavioral Information -- Fundamental Equations for the Behaviors of Animals -- Living Systems Science Evolution -- Autonomous Animal Behavior -- Nonvolitional Behaviors -- Volitional Behavior -- Total Behavior of Individuals -- Summary And Findings. 
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