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Measuring complexity in three-trophic level systems |
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| Authors: | JRC Piqueira SHVL de Mattos J Vasconcelos-Neto |
| Institution: | 1. Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo, Departamento de Engenharia de Telecomunicações e Controle, Av. Prof. Luciano Gualberto, travessa 3, n. 158, 05508-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil;2. Universidade de Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Geociências, Brazil;3. Universidade de Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia, Brazil |
| Abstract: | This essay is a trial on measuring complexity in a three-trophic level system by using a convex function of the informational entropy. The complexity measure defined here is compatible with the fact that real complexity lies between ordered and disordered states. Applying this measure to the data collected for two three-trophic level systems some hints about their organization are obtained. |
| Keywords: | Complexity measure Convex function Desmodium discolor Desmodium uncinatum Informational entropy |
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