Principia Cybernetica Web (C)

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Author: Joslyn, Heylighen, Turchin,

Date: AUG 1992

Rigidity

(property-of): metasystem transition

(cases): rigid, flexible

Synopsis: A metasystem transition is rigid if the variety of each of the controlled subsystems is stable. A metasystem transition is flexible if the variety of each of the controlled subsystems increases. A measure of the "internal change" of variety in a metasystem transition.