Dear colleagues, It seems to me that mechanism other than synchronization in the physical domain can be specified -- which one could metaphorically also call "synchronization". For example, in interhuman communication codification enables us to globalize the communication.
Best wishes, Loet On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 10:46 AM, John Collier <colli...@ukzn.ac.za> wrote: > At 09:13 AM 01/11/2010, Loet Leydesdorff wrote: > >> Dear colleagues, >> >> It seems to me that we have a more elaborated apparatus for discussing the >> distances of a perturbation across a number of interfaces. >> >> Two information processing systems can be considered as "structurally >> coupled" when the one cannot process without the other. A single >> (system/environment) interface is then involved. If two interfaces are >> involved, the in-between system mediates; the coupling can then be >> considered as operational since the mediating system has to operate before >> transfer can take place across the interfaces. When more than two >> interfaces >> are involved, the coupling becomes increasingly loose, and another >> mechanism >> thus has to be specified for the explanation. >> > > There is an attempt to deal with this sort of thing at > http://complex.unizar.es/~yamir/papers/phys_rep_08.pdf > > It is quite a bit more general. With my administrative load right now > I haven't had time to read the paper, just to glance over it. Their > central interest is not information or information processing, > but it is mentioned in several places. > > Synchronization is another term like harmonization and > rhythmic entrainment. > > A friend who sent me the reference says that the mathematics > starts off well, but gets shakier through the paper. > > Now back to the budget. > > John > > > ---------- > Professor John Collier, Acting HoS and Acting Deputy HoS > colli...@ukzn.ac.za > Philosophy and Ethics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4041 South > Africa > T: +27 (31) 260 3248 / 260 2292 F: +27 (31) 260 3031 > http://www.ukzn.ac.za/undphil/collier/index.html > > -- Loet Leydesdorff Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR) Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam Tel.: +31-20- 525 6598; fax: +31-20- 525 3681 l...@leydesdorff.net ; http://www.leydesdorff.net/ --------------------------------------- Now available: The Knowledge-Based Economy: Modeled, Measured, Simulated, 385 pp.; US$ 18.95;
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