Author： Sreenath Sree
Publisher： Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISSN： 0308-1079
Source： International Journal of General Systems, Vol.37, Iss.5, 2008-10, pp. : 537-552
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Abstract
Identification of functional modules in complex systems is becoming an important challenge in many scientific disciplines from biology to social sciences. Here we introduce the concept of cohesion as a guide for modularization. General systems treatment of the problem is necessary because in many real-life situations there is not enough information and data to model the systems in conventional mathematical terms. Principal results are derived in mathematical systems theory and an application to signaling pathways is presented.
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