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@misc{cogprints921, month = {October}, title = {Memory Evolutive Systems}, author = {Andree Ehresmann and Jean-Paul Vanbremeersch}, year = {1999}, keywords = {evolutionary system, biological system, anticipatory system, complexity theory, category theory, neural network, philosophy of mind}, url = {http://cogprints.org/921/}, abstract = {Natural autonomous systems, such as biological, neural, social or cultural systems, are open, self-organized systems with a more or less large hierarchy of interacting complexity levels; they are able to memorize their experiences and to adapt to various conditions through a change of behavior. These last fifteen years, the Authors have developed a mathematical model for these systems, based on Category Theory. The aim of the paper is to give an overview of this model, called Memory Evolutive Systems.} }