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International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics

2nd Edition, as published by Charles François 2004 Presented by the Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science Vienna for public access.

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The International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics was first edited and published by the system scientist Charles François in 1997. The online version that is provided here was based on the 2nd edition in 2004. It was uploaded and gifted to the center by ASC president Michael Lissack in 2019; the BCSSS purchased the rights for the re-publication of this volume in 200?. In 2018, the original editor expressed his wish to pass on the stewardship over the maintenance and further development of the encyclopedia to the Bertalanffy Center. In the future, the BCSSS seeks to further develop the encyclopedia by open collaboration within the systems sciences. Until the center has found and been able to implement an adequate technical solution for this, the static website is made accessible for the benefit of public scholarship and education.

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BEHAVIOR SCHEDULE 1)

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A. LOTKA introduces this interesting concept as follows: "We may say … that the organism goes through a certain routine of motions or activities which are rendered possible by its structure, and which, in turn, are a necessary condition for the continued existence of that structure. These activities in general involve the expenditure of certain quantities of free energy, and a part of the energy so expended, is spent necessarily in collecting (earning) a "replacement" amount equal to the total expenditure, to balance the account, to cover the cost of living" (1956, p.346).

By connecting behavior with structure (in a reciprocal way), this concept bridges a gap between those of dynamic stability, organizational closure, hypercycle and behavior in general.

It is possible to describe behavior schedules in a quantitative way, for example, as shown by LOTKA, by an estimation of the normal use of earned calories.

Behavior schedules can be modified, for instance by adaptive ethological changes in habits.

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  • 1) General information
  • 2) Methodology or model
  • 3) Epistemology, ontology and semantics
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Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science(2020).

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