Anticipatory Systems Philosophical, Mathematical, and Methodological

Robert Rosen was not only a biologist, he was also a brilliant mathematician whose extraordinary contributions to theoretical biology were tremendous. Founding, with this book, the area of Anticipatory Systems Theory is a remarkable outcome of his work in

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International Federation for Systems Research International Series on Systems Science and Engineering Series Editor: George J. Klir Binghamton State University Editorial Board Gerrit Broekstra Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands John L. Castii Sante Fe Institute, New Mexico Brian Gaines University of Calgary, Canada

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Ivan M. Havel Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic Klaus Kornwachs Technical University of Cottbus, Germany Franz Pichler University of Linz Austria

ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE: Cybernetic Systems Foundation Yasuhiko Takahara and Mihajlo Mesarovic CONSTRAINT THEORY: Multidimensional Mathematical Model Management George J. Friedman FOUNDATIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF MIS: Model Theory Approach Yasuhiko Takahara and Yongmei Liu GENERALIZED MEASURE THEORY Zhenyuan Wang and George J. Klir A MISSING LINK IN CYBERNETICS: Logic and Continuity Alex M. Andrew SEMANTICS-ORIENTED NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING: Mathematical Models and Algorithms Vladimir A. Fomichov

IFSR was established “to stimulate all activities associated with the scientific study of systems and to coordinate such activities at international level.” The aim of this series is to stimulate publication of high-quality monographs and textbooks on various topics of systems science and engineering. This series complements the Federation’s other publications.

A Continuation Order Plan is available for this series. A continuation order will bring delivery of each new volume immediately upon publication. Volumes are billed only upon actual shipment. For further information please contact the publisher. Volumes 1–6 were published by Pergamon Press

Robert Rosen

Anticipatory Systems Philosophical, Mathematical, and Methodological Foundations Second Edition

With Contributions by Judith Rosen, John J. Kineman, and Mihai Nadin

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Robert Rosen (Deceased)

Series Editor: George J. Klir Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Department of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering Binghamton University Binghamton, NY 13902 U.S.A.

Addendum 1: Autobiographical Reminiscences © Judith Rosen ISSN 1574-0463 ISBN 978-1-4614-1268-7 e-ISBN 978-1-4614-1269-4 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-1269-4 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2011942919 © Judith Rosen 2012 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether o