Naslov
Describing Social Systems using Social Free Energy and Social Entropy

Autori
Stepanić, Josip ; Sabol, Gabrijela ; Žebec, Mislav-Stjepan

Izvornik
Kybernetes (0368-492X) 34 (2005), 6; 857-868

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
social free energy; social entropy; social systems; environment; adaptation

Sažetak
Constant question in determination of a social system state is how to obtain a sufficient quantity of information with a small enough, manageable indicator set. In this article, we argue on the conceptual level that the combination of social free energy and social entropy fulfils both conditions. These measures are meta-theoretically motivated, resembling physical free energy and entropy, respectively. The social free energy measures the totality of resources used for social system preservation during changes in environment. The social entropy measures the number of different realisations of a particular state. We relate the system social free energy and levels of organisation and adaptation. From these measures we derive the measure of social system adaptation.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Fizika, Sociologija

Napomena
Rad ima ISI indeks "SCI Expanded"

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