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This paper introduces Interaction Analysis, a method similar to the Association Analysis introduced by Williams and Lambert in 1959. Its purpose is the analysis of a complex pattern of interactions, a basic problem in phytosociology and also in many other subjects. The method is founded on an intuitively appealing definition of complexity as the sum of amounts of interaction. A definition of such an amount is given which is mathematically equivalent to that for the capacity of a noisy channel in information theory.
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van Emden, M.H. (1972). Interaction Analysis, an Application of Information Theory in Phytosociology. In: Tüxen, R., van der Maarel, E. (eds) Grundfragen und Methoden in der Pflanzensoziologie / Basic Problems and Methods in Phytosociology. Bericht Über das Internationale Symposion der Internationalen Vereinigung für Vegetationskunde 1970 in Rinteln, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7241-5_9
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