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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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EQUILIBRATION 2)

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Progressive stabilization of the internal functions of a system normally active in its specific environment.

This term has been introduced by J.L. LEMOIGNE who describes as follows the different types of equilibration in his model of "Système général". (i.e.: General model of the system):

- by regulation, if the system maintains a stable relation with its environment. This mode leads to homeostasis

- by programed adaptation, if the system's relation with its environment is changing. This mode corresponds to homeorhesis in a growing system.

- by recoding, a mode called homeogenesis by LEMOIGNE. Such a mode of equilibration implies probably a master program of programs.

- by structural adaptation, when the system itself is changing its goals. LEMOIGNE calls this trans-formation (with hyphen) and, while he does not explicit the idea, it seems to be the mode of equilibration of human organizations.

LEMOIGNE presents a last type of equilibration, by structural evolution - which he equates with morphogenesis, but which seems to be no equilibration at all, if it is understood as the complete recasting of the system by dissipative structuration due to giant fluctuations far away from equilibrium.

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