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The phenomenological calculus is a relational paradigm for complex systems, closely related in substance and spirit to Robert Rosen’s own approach. Its mathematical language is multilinear algebra. The epistemological exploration continues in this paper, with the expansion of the phenomenological calculus into the realm of anisotropy.
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Louie, A.H., Richardson, I.W. A Phenomenological Calculus for Anisotropic Systems. Axiomathes 16, 215–243 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10516-005-4697-5
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