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dissipative structure: a standalone construct

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Complexity science

an ordered pattern that forms and persists far from equilibrium by continually taking in energy and exporting entropy.

In complexity science, dissipative structure refers to an ordered pattern that forms and persists far from equilibrium by continually taking in energy and exporting entropy. This meaning comes from Prigogine (1978) in Science.[1]

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References

Prigogine, I. (1978). Time, Structure, and Fluctuations. Science, 201(4358), 777-785. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.201.4358.777

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