TY  - GEN
ID  - cogprints1659
UR  - http://cogprints.org/1659/
A1  - Chandler, Jerry
A1  - Ehresmann, Andrée
A1  - Vanbremeersch, JeanPaul
Y1  - 1995///
N2  - The organization of molecular and biological dynamics of a single cell is contrasted in terms of two general theories: 
1. Memory Evolutive Systems (MES) which present a mathematical model, based on category theory, for evolving self-organized hierarchical systems and have been developed in a series of papers by Ehresmann and Vanbremeersch since 1987; and  
2. the C8 hypothesis of Chandler (1991-92) which proposes specific methods of enumerating complexity.
Both theories give account of the hierarchical conformation of the cell and of its growth relying on a sequence of events during which manifestations of biological strategies emerge from exchanges with the environment and internal assemblies or disassemblies of higher complex structures. They indicate how a balanced cellular flow is achieved through the interactions among a net of overlapping cyclic internal communications channels. If a conflict arises, the biological coherence is restored by accelerating, delaying or inhibiting some of the cycles, thus explaining the simultaneous plasticity and bounded stability of a cell. The potential melding of these two theories to create applications describing the organization of evolutionary systems is being explored.

PB  - International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics.Windsor, Canada
KW  - Mathematical model
KW  -  biological system
KW  -  cell
KW  -  communication channel
TI  - Contrasting Two Representations of Emergence of Cellular Dynamics
AV  - public
ER  -

<script src="//archive-bar.soton.ac.uk/archive-bar.js"></script>