Abstract
“Interaction” is a class concept. It is also a relation concept of a particular kind, comparative relational. This means that class membership can be assigned to a particular natural object system only after comparisons have been made. The comparison is of an ordinal nature; that is, I assert that under induced change the numerical values of variables designating attributes that represent elements in the system’s property set are ‘greater than,’ ‘less than,’ or ‘equal to’ the values for the variables when the system is undergoing spontaneous change. The purpose of this chapter is to show the transition of “interaction” from a mathematized concept to a fully quantitative one taking the form of a mathematical coordinate system. The transition will be accomplished in two stages, the first treating the fundamental parts and the second treating the manner of part combination.
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© 1985 Martinus Nijhoff/Dr W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht
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Leary, R.A. (1985). Interaction Geometry. In: Interaction theory in forest ecology and management. Forestry Sciences, vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5151-8_5
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