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International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics

2nd Edition, as published by Charles François 2004 Presented by the Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science Vienna for public access.

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The International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics was first edited and published by the system scientist Charles François in 1997. The online version that is provided here was based on the 2nd edition in 2004. It was uploaded and gifted to the center by ASC president Michael Lissack in 2019; the BCSSS purchased the rights for the re-publication of this volume in 200?. In 2018, the original editor expressed his wish to pass on the stewardship over the maintenance and further development of the encyclopedia to the Bertalanffy Center. In the future, the BCSSS seeks to further develop the encyclopedia by open collaboration within the systems sciences. Until the center has found and been able to implement an adequate technical solution for this, the static website is made accessible for the benefit of public scholarship and education.

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PHASE LOCKING 2)

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The stable dynamic relationship that tends to become established between oscillators of various periods. (also known as phase blockage).

The simplest cases are those wherein periods are equal, or have a simple arithmetical relationship.

It is however possible to think of phase locking in complex interrelations between oscillators of seemingly uncoordinated periods. An example is the progressive and spontaneous synchronization of pendular clocks, discovered by HUYGHENS (17th Century). The American biologist L. MARGULIS discovered various examples of biological synchronization in groups of bacteria and even in the menstrual cycles of women living in more or less secluded groups.

This could be the nexus with a general theory of complex cycles, still to be built, that should explain how cycles of widely different periods become coordinated or embedded.

→ "Order parameter", "Slaving principle".

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  • 2) Methodology or model
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