Ecology: biology of interaction. 1.10. (supplement) Dynamic typology of biosystems
Dynamic typology is based not only on analysis of an object’s observed state, but also on prediction (typically probabilistic) of its future dynamics.
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1.09. Stability of Biosystems
1.09. Stability of biosystems
1.11. Scientific Method
D. Shabanov, M. Kravchenko. Ecology: biology of interaction Chapter 1. Ecology and the biosystems it studies 1.11. Scientific method 1.10. (supplement) Dynamic typology of biosystems Developing a typology of the system under study is one of the basic stages of its investigation. If researchers are interested in changing states of a certain object or category of objects, those states must be distinguishable and nameable. Typology and classification are ways of partitioning a set into subsets. The relation between “typology” and “classification” is interpreted differently. We agree with authors who consider typology a form of classification in which objects are compared with certain models or prototypes — types. “Typological representation of diversity stands at the beginning of knowledge: due to peculiarities of human perception of the surrounding world, it is primary both cognitively and (therefore) historically. On the other hand, typology, understood as reflection of essential representations of this world, is often considered the summit of cognition — the point where knowledge turns into understanding” (Pavlinov, Lyubarsky, 2011). As is clear even from this quotation, typology can be fundamentally different. Let us consider three types of typology: associative, analytical, and dynamic. Associative typology is linked to identifying individual objects with certain prototypes — types. These types may be actual objects (for example, type specimens as carriers of species names in biological systematics)... ... One route for constructing dynamic typology is to determine the full set of possible states (identification of phase space), analyze trajectories in different parts of that phase space (simulation modeling can be especially useful at this stage), and then identify basins of stability corresponding to different dynamic types. These basins may belong to different stability types characterized in the previous section (Fig. 1.8.2). From this perspective, stability of biosystems is their ability to preserve or regularly change their dynamic type. Additional materials: Column: From chaos of observations to dynamic typology: discussion on green frog population systems Dissertation abstract: Shabanov, 2015. Evolutionary ecology of population systems... Ukrainian / Russian 1.09. Stability of biosystems D. Shabanov, M. Kravchenko. Ecology: biology of interaction Chapter 1. Ecology and the biosystems it studies
1.09. Stability of Biosystems
1.11. Scientific method
1.11. Scientific Method