?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Organismic+Supercategories%3A+I.+Proposals+for+a+General+Unified+Theory+of+Systems-+Classical%2C+Quantum%2C+and+Complex+Biological+Systems.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A&rft.creator=Baianu%2C+Prof.+Dr.+I.C.&rft.creator=Marinescu%2C+Dr.+Mircea+M.&rft.subject=Statistical+Models&rft.subject=Dynamical+Systems&rft.subject=Complexity+Theory&rft.subject=Sociobiology&rft.subject=Evolution&rft.subject=Neural+Nets&rft.subject=Human+Computer+Interaction&rft.subject=Theoretical+Biology&rft.subject=Population+Biology&rft.subject=Animal+Behavior&rft.subject=Animal+Cognition&rft.subject=Behavioral+Biology&rft.subject=Ecology&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.description=The+representation+of+physical+and+complex+biological+systems+in+terms+of+organismic+supercategories+was+introduced+in+1968+by+Baianu+and+Marinescu+in+the+attached+paper+which+was+published+in+the+Bulletin+of+Mathematical+Biophysics%2C+edited+by+Nicolas+Rashevsky.+The+different+approaches+to+relational+biology%2C+developed+by+Rashevsky%2C+Rosen+and+by+Baianu+et+al.(1968%2C1969%2C1973%2C1974%2C1987%2C2004)were+later+discussed.+%0D%0AThe+present+paper+is+an+attempt+to+outline+an+abstract+unitary+theory+of+systems.+In+the+introduction+some+of+the+previous+abstract+representations+of+systems+are+discussed.+Also+a+possible+connection+of+abstract+representations+of+systems+with+a+general+theory+of+measure+is+proposed.+Then+follow+some+necessary+definitions+and+authors'+proposals+for+an+axiomatic+theory+of+systems.+Finally+some+concrete+examples+are+analyzed+in+the+light+of+the+proposed+theory.%0D%0A%0D%0AAn+abstract+representation+of+biological+systems+from+the+standpoint+of+the+theory+of+supercategories+is+presented.+The+relevance+of+such+representations+forG-relational+biologies+is+suggested.+In+section+A+the+basic+concepts+of+our+representation%2C+that+is+class%2C+system%2C+supercategory+and+measure+are+introduced.+Section+B+is+concerned+with+the+mathematical+representation+starting+with+some+axioms+and+principles+which+are+natural+extensions+of+the+current+abstract+representations+in+biology.+Likewise%2C+some+extensions+of+the+principle+of+adequate+design+are+introduced+in+section+C.+Two+theorems+which+present+the+connection+between+categories+and+supercategories+are+proved.+Two+other+theorems+concerning+the+dynamical+behavior+of+biological+and+biophysical+systems+are+derived+on+the+basis+of+the+previous+considerations.+Section+D+is+devoted+to+a+general+study+of+oscillatory+behavior+in+enzymic+systems%2C+some+general+quantitative+relations+being+derived+from+our+representation.+Finally%2C+the+relevance+of+these+results+for+a+quantum+theoretic+approach+to+biology+is+discussed.%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.springerlink.com%2Fcontent%2F141l35843506596h%2F&rft.publisher=Pergamon+Press%2C+Ltd.%2C+and+Springer+reprints&rft.contributor=Rashevsky%2C+Professor+Nicolas&rft.date=1968-12-21&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3831%2F2%2FOrgsuper_cats1icb.pdf&rft.identifier=++Baianu%2C+Prof.+Dr.+I.C.+and+Marinescu%2C+Dr.+Mircea+M.++(1968)+Organismic+Supercategories%3A+I.+Proposals+for+a+General+Unified+Theory+of+Systems-+Classical%2C+Quantum%2C+and+Complex+Biological+Systems.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3831%2F