Hierarchical behavior in fit dynamical systems
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Hierarchical behavior in fit dynamical systems
zbMATH Open document ID: 0582.92018
DOI: 10.1007/BF02460128
author: Charles J. Lumsden
published in: Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
publication date: 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: One considers a class of differentiable dynamical systems that fulfill a criterion of adaptation, or being fit. This criterion is found to be sufficient for the existence of hierarchical behavior in these systems, once they attain a certain degree of complexity (that means the number of independent state variables required to describe the phenotype). Commutative diagram methods are used to show that under reasonable conditions the hierarchical behavior takes the form of a closed dynamics of aggregate variables. This dynamics characterizes the system functions as a whole. Existence conditions for the aggregate dynamics are obtained, together with their differential form and their connections to the original system description. The results indicate that evolutionary processes are likely to produce systems that are hierarchically organized in terms of their function as well as their structure.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 92D15
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 92F05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 93C15
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 34C15
zbMATH DE Number: 3932847
zbMATH Keywords: fit dynamical systems
zbMATH Keywords: adaptation
zbMATH Keywords: existence of hierarchical behavior
zbMATH Keywords: degree of complexity
zbMATH Keywords: Commutative diagram methods
zbMATH Keywords: closed dynamics of aggregate variables
reviewed by: G.V.Khmelevskaja-Plotnikova
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
Wikidata QID: Q52678875
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full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02460128
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