Maximisation Principles and Daisyworld

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dc.creatorAckland, G. J.
dc.date2003-07-23
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:52:32Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:52:32Z
dc.descriptionWe investigate whether the equilibrium time averaged state of a self-organising system with many internal degrees of freedom, 2D- daisyworld, can be described by optimising a single quantity. Unlike physical systems where a principle of maximum energy production has been observed, Daisyworld follows evolutionary dynamics rather than Hamiltonian dynamics. We find that this is sufficient to invalidate the MEP principle, finding instead a different principle, that the system self-organises to a state which maximises the amount of life.
dc.description17 pages 6 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0307567
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0307567
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/21877
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.subjectDisordered Systems and Neural Networks
dc.subjectQuantitative Biology
dc.titleMaximisation Principles and Daisyworld
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