Constraint

Jon Umerez (1) , Matteo Mossio (2)

1 UPV/EHU - Universidad del Pais Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea [Espagne]
2 IHPST - Institut d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques

Constraint refers to a reduction of the degrees of freedom of the elements of a system exerted by some collection of elements, or a limitation or bias on the variability or possibilities of change in the kind of such elements.

Mots clés: boundary condition; control; constraint; organization; hierarchy

Domaines: Histoire, Philosophie et Sociologie des sciences

Jon Umerez, Matteo Mossio. Constraint. W. Dubitzky, O. Wolkenhauer, K.-H. Cho, H. Yokota. Encyclopedia of Systems Biology, Springer, pp.490-493, 2013, 978-1-4419-9863-7. ⟨10.1007/978-1-4419-9863-7⟩. ⟨halshs-00792440⟩