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“Hierarchy” is a provocative term; it has structural as well as functional connotations. By a hierarchical system we mean, in general, an ensemble of interacting parts which is composed of (and is analysable or decomposable into) successively nested sets of interacting subunits.
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Nicolis, J.S. (1986). Introduction. In: Dynamics of Hierarchical Systems. Springer Series in Synergetics, vol 25. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69692-3_1
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