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  The organization of molecular and biological dynamics of a single cell is contrasted in terms of two general theories: 
  1. Memory Evolutive Systems (MES) which present a mathematical model, based on category theory, for evolving self-organized hierarchical systems and have been developed in a series of papers by Ehresmann and Vanbremeersch since 1987; and  
  2. the C8 hypothesis of Chandler (1991-92) which proposes specific methods of enumerating complexity.
  Both 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, the biological coherence is restored by accelerating, delaying or inhibiting some of the cycles, 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.
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conference: Intersymp'95 Baden-Baden
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  - family: Vanbremeersch
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date: 1995
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    given: George
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keywords: 'Mathematical model, biological system, cell, communication channel'
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publisher: 'International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics.Windsor, Canada'
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referencetext: |-
  Ehresmann, A.C. & Vanbremeersch, J.-P. (1987), Hierarchical Evolutive Systems: A mathematical model for complex systems; Bull. of Math. Bio. 49 (1) (pp. 13-50).
  Papers by the same authors deposited in Cogprints
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  - bio-theory
  - comp-sci-complex-theory
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title: Contrasting Two Representations of Emergence of Cellular Dynamics
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