(From Bob Ulanowicz)
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Dear Pedro,
I am not familiar with either model. I am made uneasy, however, by the
deterministic nature of the model descriptions.
My concern is that networks in general are metaphors for the
amalgamation of constraint and indeterminacy. There are, of course,
degenerate forms of networks that are deterministic, or almost so.
Ontogeny in general is "almost deterministic" and that would be
reflected in their corresponding network descriptors. My worry is
that by focusing upon these degenerate cases we lose sight of the fact
that in living systems considered more broadly (e.g., ecological,
social and economic systems), the indeterminate plays a larger and
*obligatory* role in the persistence of the system.
The best,
Bob
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