Boundedness and Self-Organized Semantics—Theory and Applications

Koleva (catalysis, Bulgarian Academy of Science, Sofia) proposes a general principle she called boundedness that governs both the organization and functioning of complex systems. It explains how and why both intelligent and non-intelligent complex systems share the same type of universality, discriminates unambiguously between intelligent and non-intelligent complex systems, and provides a general frame for non-extensive hierarchical structuring of the information. Her topics include time series invariants under boundedness, hierarchical order, invariant measure: power laws, sustainable evolution in an ever-changing environment, and the Second Law as a ban on perpetuum mobile. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)