Growth of complex systems can be related to the properties of their underlying determinants
- 1 November 1979
- journal article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 76 (11) , 5413-5417
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.76.11.5413
Abstract
Growth-increase in size, number, or amount-in many cases appears to follow simple empirical laws. Such laws have been noted in a wide variety of fields for many years. Until now these laws have never been related to the underlying determinants of these systems. By starting with fundamental properties of the component mechanisms in such systems, one can derive a basic growth equation for which the well-known laws of growth are special cases.Keywords
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