ASSOCIATIVITY 2)
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The propensity of elements to form links and create networks or structures.
The most elemental forms of associativity are seen in composite systems and in colonies, where subsystems are not yet clearly differentiated. Such forms tend however in some cases to evolve toward much more strongly integrative types of organization. Any system is a more or less highly organized reunion of associated elements.
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Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science(2020).
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Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science (2020). Title of the entry. In Charles François (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics (2). Retrieved from www.systemspedia.org/[full/url]
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