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TY - GEN ID - cogprints921 UR - http://cogprints.org/921/ A1 - Ehresmann, Andree A1 - Vanbremeersch, Jean-Paul TI - Memory Evolutive Systems Y1 - 1999/10// N2 - 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. AV - public KW - evolutionary system KW - biological system KW - anticipatory system KW - complexity theory KW - category theory KW - neural network KW - philosophy of mind ER -