DISCUSSION PAPER: THE QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF PARTIALLY SPECIFIED SYSTEMS

DOI10.1111/j.1749-6632.1974.tb20562.xzbMath0285.93028OpenAlexW2000256297WikidataQ69043801 ScholiaQ69043801MaRDI QIDQ4773061

Richard Levins

Publication date: 1974

Published in: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1974.tb20562.x

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stabilization of systems by feedback (93D15) General systems (93A10) General biology and biomathematics (92B05) Control/observation systems governed by functional relations other than differential equations (such as hybrid and switching systems) (93C30)

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