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Complexity, Chaos and Computation in Living Systems

A special issue of Entropy (ISSN 1099-4300). This special issue belongs to the section "Complexity".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (21 April 2022) | Viewed by 568

Special Issue Editor

Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Boulevard de la Plaine 2, 1050 Ixelles, Belgium
Interests: living systems; hierarchy; hyperscale

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Complexity, chaos and computation appear to be closely coupled in living biology. The aim of this Special Issue is to elucidate this coupling, either by addressing the coupling itself or by consideration of its individual parts. What is the importance of complexity, either in algorithmic form or as described by Robert Rosen? How is chaos linked to the viability of organism operation and to the nature of biological processing? Is computation a relevant medium for discussing organism structuring and processes, and, if so, what are its characteristics?

Complexity, chaos and computation in biology may be characterised in terms of entropy, but is this most closely related to the criterion of order, or more correctly to the concept of ‘unification’ of an entity? Clausius’ description of entropy in terms of ‘disgregation’, or disassociation of parts, suggests that the latter would be more relevant to biology, in the sense that a viable and, therefore, ‘highly unified’ organism, exhibiting comparatively low entropy, could be compared to one suffering from a degree of disorganisation (sickness?), exhibiting comparatively higher entropy. It is notable that the holistic concept of ‘unification’, integrating both reductive top-down character and non-reductive (partially emergent) bottom-up character, is completely absent from conventional science.

Submissions are invited relative to all or a part of these questions.

Prof. Dr. Ron Cottam
Guest Editor

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Published Papers

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