?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Contrasting+Two+Representations+of+Emergence+of+Cellular+Dynamics&rft.creator=Chandler%2C+Jerry&rft.creator=Ehresmann%2C+Andr%C3%A9e&rft.creator=Vanbremeersch%2C+JeanPaul&rft.subject=Theoretical+Biology&rft.subject=Complexity+Theory&rft.description=The+organization+of+molecular+and+biological+dynamics+of+a+single+cell+is+contrasted+in+terms+of+two+general+theories%3A+%0A1.+Memory+Evolutive+Systems+(MES)+which+present+a+mathematical+model%2C+based+on+category+theory%2C+for+evolving+self-organized+hierarchical+systems+and+have+been+developed+in+a+series+of+papers+by+Ehresmann+and+Vanbremeersch+since+1987%3B+and++%0A2.+the+C8+hypothesis+of+Chandler+(1991-92)+which+proposes+specific+methods+of+enumerating+complexity.%0ABoth+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%2C+the+biological+coherence+is+restored+by+accelerating%2C+delaying+or+inhibiting+some+of+the+cycles%2C+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.%0A&rft.publisher=International+Institute+for+Advanced+Studies+in+Systems+Research+and+Cybernetics.Windsor%2C+Canada&rft.contributor=Lasker%2C+George&rft.contributor=Farre%2C+George&rft.date=1995&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1659%2F1%2FBaden-Baden_95.htm&rft.identifier=++Chandler%2C+Jerry+and+Ehresmann%2C+Andr%C3%A9e+and+Vanbremeersch%2C+JeanPaul++(1995)+Contrasting+Two+Representations+of+Emergence+of+Cellular+Dynamics.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1659%2F