List:
Here is an article from the online journal Entropy - which, in my
view, shows the functionality of the Peircean framework.
Note that entropy is akin to Firstness , and the semiosic process -
which is a relational process of constant interactions between
'things' [organized within Secondness] uses Firstness to maintain its
ability to adapt, to develop novel potential responses and
interactions and, it uses the stability of Thirdness to provide a
continuous process of anticipation.
Edwina
What Is the Entropy of a Social Organization?
Christian Zingg *, Giona Casiraghi * , Giacomo Vaccario * and Frank
Schweitzer *
Chair of Systems Design, ETH Zurich, Weinbergstrasse 58, 8092
Zurich, Switzerland
* Correspondence: [email protected] (C.Z.); [email protected] (G.C.);
[email protected] (G.V.);
[email protected] (F.S.)
Received: 24 June 2019; Accepted: 11 September 2019; Published: 17
September 2019
Abstract: We quantify a social organization’s potentiality, that
is, its ability to attain different
configurations. The organization is represented as a network in
which nodes correspond to
individuals and (multi-)edges to their multiple interactions.
Attainable configurations are treated
as realizations from a network ensemble. To have the ability to
encode interaction preferences,
we choose the generalized hypergeometric ensemble of random graphs,
which is described by a
closed-form probability distribution. From this distribution we
calculate Shannon entropy as a
measure of potentiality. This allows us to compare different
organizations as well as different stages
in the development of a given organization. The feasibility of the
approach is demonstrated using
data from three empirical and two synthetic systems.
Keywords: multi-edge network; network ensemble; Shannon
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