Dissipative Structure
A Dissipative Structure is a thermodynamically open system operating far from thermodynamic equilibrium, that exchanges energy, matter and information with the external environment. In this kind of systems, organization can emerge through a spontaneous self-organization process, by virtue through a spontaneous self-organization process, by virtue of the exchanges with the external environment, that generates a formation of both spatial and temporal ordered structures, in which interacting constituents show long-range correlations.

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