Peer-Reviewed Publications of David L. Abel
.
David L. Abel, Director
The Gene Emergence Project
Department of ProtoBioCybernetics/
ProtoBioSemiotics
The Origin of Life Science Foundation, Inc.
The Gene Emergence Project is an international consortium of scientists pursuing the natural-process derivation of initial biocybernetic/biosemiotic programming and control.
Main Peer-Reviewed Science Journal Publications, Conference Lectures, and books by Subject Area as of January, 2012
The First Gene
Abel, David L., Editor, December, 2011, The First Gene: The Birth of Programming, Messaging and Formal Control
LongView Press Academic: Biolog. Res. Div.: New York, NY
http://www.amazon.com/First-Gene-Programming-Messaging-Control/dp/0965798895
Is Life Unique?
Abel, D. L., Is life unique?, Life, 2012, 2: (1) 106-134
http://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/2/1/106/
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2009, 9, 1-46. Open Access http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/10/1/247
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Self-Organization vs. Self-Ordering events in life-origin models. Physics of Life Reviews 2006, 3, 211-228.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1571064506000224
Abel, D.L., Constraints vs. Controls.
Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal, 2010, 4:14-27
http://www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V004/14TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L., 2011, Linear Digital Material Symbol Systems (MSS). In The First Gene: The Birth of Programming, Messaging and Formal Control, Abel, D. L., Ed. LongView Press--Academic, Biol. Res. Div.: New York, N.Y., pp 135-160.
Abel, D.L., 2011, The Birth of Protocells. In The First Gene: The Birth of Programming, Messaging and Formal Control, Abel, D. L., Ed. LongView Press--Academic, Biol. Res. Div.: New York, N.Y., pp 189-230.
Abel, D.L., 2011, The Formalism > Physicality (F > P) Principle. In The First Gene: The Birth of Programming, Messaging and Formal Control, Abel, D. L., Ed. LongView Press--Academic: New York, N.Y., pp 325-356.
Abel, D.L., 2012, Moving 'far from equilibrium' in a prebitoic environment: The role of Maxwell’s Demon in life origin. In Genesis - In the Beginning: Precursors of Life, Chemical Models and Early Biological Evolution Seckbach, J.Gordon, R., Eds. Springer: Dordrecht.
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T., 2007, More than metaphor: genomes are objective sign systems. In BioSemiotic Research Trends, Barbieri, M., Ed. Nova Science Publishers: New York, pp 1-15 http://books.google.com/books?id=GvRmYbN3n6UC&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=%22The+GS+Principle%22&source=bl&ots=-ZK4mRBvqw&sig=52lPn3HuWpfD095dHEidlXr4cBM&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result
Abel, D.L. The BioSemiosis of Prescriptive Information. Semiotica 2009 1-19
http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/de-gruyter/the-biosemiosis-of-prescriptive-information-7Hwt0CXMT7
Constraints vs. Controls
Abel DL: Constraints vs. Controls.
Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal, 2010, 4:14-27
http://www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V004/14TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. 2012, Moving 'far from equilibrium' in a prebitoic environment: The role of Maxwell’s Demon in life origin. In Genesis - In the Beginning: Precursors of Life, Chemical Models and Early Biological Evolution Seckbach, J. and Gordon, R., Eds. Springer: Dordrecht.
Abel, D. L., 2011, What is ProtoBioCybernetics?, in The First Gene: The Birth of Programming, Messaging and Formal Control, D. L. Abel, New York, N.Y., LongView Press-Academic: Biolog. Res. Div.
Abel, D.L., 2011, The three fundamental categories of reality. In The First Gene: The Birth of Programming, Messaging and Formal Control, Abel, D. L., Ed. LongView Press-Academic: Biolog. Res. Div.: New York, N.Y., pp 19-54.
Abel, D.L., 2011, The Cybernetic Cut and Configurable Switch (CS) Bridge. In The First Gene: The Birth of Programming, Messaging and Formal Control, Abel, D. L., Ed. LongView Press--Academic, New York, N.Y., pp 55-74
Abel, D.L., 2011, What utility does order, pattern or complexity prescribe? In The First Gene: The Birth of Programming, Messaging and Formal Control, Abel, D. L., Ed. LongView Press--Academic, New York, N.Y., pp 75-116.
The Plausibility of Scientific Theories
Abel DL: The Universal Plausibility Metric (UPM) and Principle (UPP)
Theor Biol Med Model 2009, 6:27
Open access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/6/1/27
The Capabilities of Chaos and Complexity
Abel DL: The capabilities of chaos and complexity. Int J Mol Sci 2009, 10:247-291 Open access at
http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/10/1/247
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Self-Organization vs. Self-Ordering events in life-origin models. Physics of Life Reviews 2006, 3, 211-228.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1571064506000224
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at
www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L., Constraints vs. Controls.
Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal, 2010, 4:14-27
http://www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V004/14TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. Is Life Reducible to Complexity? In Fundamentals of Life, Palyi, G.; Zucchi, C.; Caglioti, L., Eds. Elsevier: Paris, 2002; pp 57-72.
Trevors, J.T.; Abel, D.L. Chance and necessity do not explain the origin of life. Cell Biology International 2004, 28, 729-739.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1065699504001416
Abel, D.L. The GS (Genetic Selection) Principle. Frontiers in Bioscience 2009, 14, (January 1), 2959-2969.
http://www.bioscience.org/2009/v14/af/3426/fulltext.htm
Abel, DL: The biosemiosis of prescriptive information. Semiotica 2009, 2009:1-19.
http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/de-gruyter/the-biosemiosis-of-prescriptive-information-7Hwt0CXMT7
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Three subsets of sequence complexity and their relevance to biopolymeric information. Theoretical Biology and Medical Modeling 2005, 2, Open access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/2/1/29
Durston, K.K.; Chiu, D.K.; Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Measuring the functional sequence complexity of proteins. Theor Biol Med Model 2007, 4, Free on-line access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/4/1/47.
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than metaphor: Genomes are objective sign systems. Journal of BioSemiotics 2006, 1, (2), 253-267.
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than Metaphor: Genomes are Objective Sign Systems. In BioSemiotic Research Trends, Barbieri, M., Ed. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.: New York, 2007; pp 1-15.
http://books.google.com/books?id=GvRmYbN3n6UC&printsec=frontcover&dq=biosemiotic+research+trends&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QQ0DT9W3O4X20gHv-bmzAg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=biosemiotic%20research%20trends&f=false
Abel, D.L. Complexity, self-organization, and emergence at the edge of chaos in life-origin models. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 2007, 93, (4), 1-20. [pdf available from life@us.net]
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. In Society for Chaos Theory: Society for Complexity in Psychology and the Life Sciences, International conference at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA., 2008.
Abel, D.L. Life origin: The role of complexity at the edge of chaos. In Washington Science 2006, Chandler, J.; Kay, P., Eds. Headquarters of the National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA 2006. Downloadable PowerPoint lecture: [ppt file available from life@us.net upon request].
Abel, D.L. In Is Life Reducible to Complexity?, Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millennial World Meeting of University Professors, Modena, Italy, 2000; Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia: Modena, Italy, 2000; pp 3-4.
Abel, D.L. To what degree can we reduce "life" without "loss of life"? In Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millenial World Meeting of University Professors, Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena: Modena, Italy, 2000; Vol. Book of Abstracts, p 4. [pdf 3]
Abel, D.L. 2012, Moving 'far from equilibrium' in a prebitoic environment: The role of Maxwell’s Demon in life origin. In Genesis - In the Beginning: Precursors of Life, Chemical Models and Early Biological Evolution Seckbach, J.Gordon, R., Eds. Springer: Dordrecht.
Self-ordering vs. Organization
Main Papers and Conference Lectures:
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Self-Organization vs. Self-Ordering events in life-origin models. Physics of Life Reviews 2006, 3, 211-228.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1571064506000224
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2009, 9, 1-46. Open Access http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/10/1/247
Abel, D.L., Constraints vs. Controls.
Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal, 2010, 4:14-27
http://www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V004/14TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. Is Life Reducible to Complexity? In Fundamentals of Life, Palyi, G.; Zucchi, C.; Caglioti, L., Eds. Elsevier: Paris, 2002; pp 57-72.
Trevors, J.T.; Abel, D.L. Chance and necessity do not explain the origin of life. Cell Biology International 2004, 28, 729-739. Open access at
http://www.cfdlab.ae.utexas.edu/~roystgnr/newarticles/Chance%2520&%2520RNA%2520world.pdf
Abel, D.L. The GS (Genetic Selection) Principle. Frontiers in Bioscience 2009, 14, (January 1), 2959-2969.
http://www.bioscience.org/2009/v14/af/3426/fulltext.htm
Abel, D.L. The BioSemiosis of Prescriptive Information. Semiotica 2009 1-19
http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/de-gruyter/the-biosemiosis-of-prescriptive-information-7Hwt0CXMT7
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Three subsets of sequence complexity and their relevance to biopolymeric information. Theoretical Biology and Medical Modeling 2005, 2, Open access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/2/1/29.
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than metaphor: Genomes are objective sign systems. Journal of BioSemiotics 2006, 1, (2), 253-267.
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than Metaphor: Genomes are Objective Sign Systems. In BioSemiotic Research Trends, Barbieri, M., Ed. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.: New York, 2007; pp 1-15.
http://books.google.com/books?id=GvRmYbN3n6UC&printsec=frontcover&dq=biosemiotic+research+trends&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QQ0DT9W3O4X20gHv-bmzAg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=biosemiotic%20research%20trends&f=false
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T., 2005, Three subsets of sequence complexity and their relevance to biopolymeric information., Theoretical Biology and Medical Modeling, 2, 29 Open access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/2/1/29
Durston, K.K.; Chiu, D.K.; Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Measuring the functional sequence complexity of proteins. Theor Biol Med Model 2007, 4, Free on-line access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/4/1/47.
Abel, D.L. Complexity, self-organization, and emergence at the edge of chaos in life-origin models. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 2007, 93, (4), 1-20. [pdf available from life@us.net]
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. In Society for Chaos Theory: Society for Complexity in Psychology and the Life Sciences, International conference at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA., 2008.
Abel, D.L. Life origin: The role of complexity at the edge of chaos. In Washington Science 2006, Chandler, J.; Kay, P., Eds. Headquarters of the National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA 2006. Downloadable PowerPoint lecture available from life@us.net
Abel, D.L. In Is Life Reducible to Complexity?, Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millennial World Meeting of University Professors, Modena, Italy, 2000; Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia: Modena, Italy, 2000; pp 3-4.
Abel, D.L. To what degree can we reduce "life" without "loss of life"? In Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millenial World Meeting of University Professors, Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena: Modena, Italy, 2000; Vol. Book of Abstracts, p 4.
Abel, D.L. 2012, Moving 'far from equilibrium' in a prebitoic environment: The role of Maxwell’s Demon in life origin. In Genesis - In the Beginning: Precursors of Life, Chemical Models and Early Biological Evolution Seckbach, J.Gordon, R., Eds. Springer: Dordrecht.
The GS Principle
(The Genetic Selection Principle)
Abel, D.L. The Genetic Selection (GS) Principle.
Frontiers in Bioscience 2009, 14, (January 1), 2959-2969.
http://www.bioscience.org/2009/v14/af/3426/fulltext.htm
See Invited Scirus Topic Article: “The Genetic Selection (GS) Principle”
http://www.scitopics.com/The_Genetic_Selection_GS_Principle.html
See Also:
Abel, D.L. The BioSemiosis of Prescriptive Information. Semiotica 2009 1-19
http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/de-gruyter/the-biosemiosis-of-prescriptive-information-7Hwt0CXMT7
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than metaphor: Genomes are objective sign systems. Journal of BioSemiotics 2006, 1, (2), 253-267. (See the section entitled: “Is the hypothesis of objective genetic cybernetics testable?”)
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than Metaphor: Genomes are Objective Sign Systems. In BioSemiotic Research Trends, Barbieri, M., Ed. Nova
Science Publishers, Inc.: New York, 2007; pp 1-15. (See the section entitled: “Is the hypothesis of objective genetic cybernetics testable?”)
http://books.google.com/books?id=GvRmYbN3n6UC&printsec=frontcover&dq=biosemiotic+research+trends&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QQ0DT9W3O4X20gHv-bmzAg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=biosemiotic%20research%20trends&f=false
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Three subsets of sequence complexity and their relevance to biopolymeric information. Theoretical Biology and Medical Modeling 2005, 2, Open access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/2/1/29. (See section: “Functional Sequence Complexity (FSC):”)
Abel, D.L., Constraints vs. Controls.
Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal, 2010, 4:14-27
http://www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V004/14TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
The Cybernetic Cut
Main Papers and Conference Lectures:
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L., Constraints vs. Controls.
Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal, 2010, 4:14-27
http://www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V004/14TOCSJ.pdf
Trevors, J.T.; Abel, D.L. Chance and necessity do not explain the origin of life. Cell Biology International 2004, 28, 729-739.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1065699504001416
See Invited SciTopic Article: “The Cybernetic Cut”
http://topics.scirus.com/The_Cybernetic_Cut.html
See also:
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2008, 9, 1-46. (See sections: “7. Do symbol systems exist outside of human minds?” and “18. The Cybernetic Cut.”)
Abel, D.L. 2012, Moving 'far from equilibrium' in a prebitoic environment: The role of Maxwell’s Demon in life origin. In Genesis - In the Beginning: Precursors of Life, Chemical Models and Early Biological Evolution Seckbach, J.Gordon, R., Eds. Springer: Dordrecht.
Trevors, J.T.; Abel, D.L. Chance and necessity do not explain the origin of life. Cell Biology International 2004, 28, 729-739.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1065699504001416
Sequence Complexity
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Three subsets of sequence complexity and their relevance to biopolymeric information. Theoretical Biology and Medical Modeling 2005, 2, Open access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/2/1/29.
Durston, K.K.; Chiu, D.K.; Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Measuring the functional sequence complexity of proteins. Theor Biol Med Model 2007, 4, Free on-line access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/4/1/47.
Abel, D.L. The BioSemiosis of Prescriptive Information. Semiotica 2009 1-19
http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/de-gruyter/the-biosemiosis-of-prescriptive-information-7Hwt0CXMT7
See also:
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2009, 9, 1-46. Open Access http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/10/1/247
Abel, D.L. Complexity, self-organization, and emergence at the edge of chaos in life-origin models. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 2007, 93, (4), 1-20. [pdf reprint available from life@us.net]
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. In Society for Chaos Theory: Society for Complexity in Psychology and the Life Sciences, International conference at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA., 2008.
Abel, D.L. Is Life Reducible to Complexity? In Fundamentals of Life, Palyi, G.; Zucchi, C.; Caglioti, L., Eds. Elsevier: Paris, 2002; pp 57-72.
Abel, D.L. In Is Life Reducible to Complexity?, Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millennial World Meeting of University Professors, Modena, Italy, 2000; Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia: Modena, Italy, 2000; pp 3-4.
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Self-Organization vs. Self-Ordering events in life-origin models. Physics of Life Reviews 2006, 3, 211-228.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1571064506000224
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. Life origin: The role of complexity at the edge of chaos. In Washington Science 2006, Chandler, J.; Kay, P., Eds. Headquarters of the National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA 2006. Downloadable PowerPoint lecture:
Trevors, J.T.; Abel, D.L. Chance and necessity do not explain the origin of life. Cell Biology International 2004, 28, 729-739.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1065699504001416
The Complexity of Life
Main Papers and Conference Lectures
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2009, 9, 1-46. Open Access http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/10/1/247
Abel, D.L. Complexity, self-organization, and emergence at the edge of chaos in life-origin models. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 2007, 93, (4), 1-20. [pdf reprint available from life@us.net]
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. In Society for Chaos Theory: Society for Complexity in Psychology and the Life Sciences, International conference at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA., 2008.
Abel, D.L. Is Life Reducible to Complexity? In Fundamentals of Life, Palyi, G.; Zucchi, C.; Caglioti, L., Eds. Elsevier: Paris, 2002; pp 57-72.
Abel, D.L. In Is Life Reducible to Complexity?, Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millennial World Meeting of University Professors, Modena, Italy, 2000; Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia: Modena, Italy, 2000; pp 3-4.
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Self-Organization vs. Self-Ordering events in life-origin models. Physics of Life Reviews 2006, 3, 211-228.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1571064506000224
Abel, D.L., Constraints vs. Controls.
Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal, 2010, 4:14-27
http://www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V004/14TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access athttp://www.bentham-open.org/pages/content.php?TOCSJ/2008/00000002/00000001/252TOCSJ.PDF
Abel, D.L. Life origin: The role of complexity at the edge of chaos. In Washington Science 2006, Chandler, J.; Kay, P., Eds. Headquarters of the National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA 2006. Downloadable PowerPoint lecture from life@us.net
Trevors, J.T.; Abel, D.L. Chance and necessity do not explain the origin of life. Cell Biology International 2004, 28, 729-739. [pdf 18]http://www.cfdlab.ae.utexas.edu/~roystgnr/newarticles/Chance%2520&%2520RNA%2520world.pdf
Abel, D.L. To what degree can we reduce "life" without "loss of life"? In Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millenial World Meeting of University Professors, Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena: Modena, Italy, 2000; Vol. Book of Abstracts, p 4. [pdf 3]
Abel, D.L. The GS (Genetic Selection) Principle. Frontiers in Bioscience 2009, 14, (January 1), 2959-2969.
http://www.bioscience.org/2009/v14/af/3426/fulltext.htm
Abel, D.L. The BioSemiosis of Prescriptive Information. Semiotica 2009 1-19
http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/de-gruyter/the-biosemiosis-of-prescriptive-information-7Hwt0CXMT7
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Three subsets of sequence complexity and their relevance to biopolymeric information. Theoretical Biology and Medical Modeling 2005, 2, Open access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/2/1/29.
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than metaphor: Genomes are objective sign systems. Journal of BioSemiotics 2006, 1, (2), 253-267.
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than Metaphor: Genomes are Objective Sign Systems. In BioSemiotic Research Trends, Barbieri, M., Ed. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.: New York, 2007; pp 1-15.
http://books.google.com/books?id=GvRmYbN3n6UC&printsec=frontcover&dq=biosemiotic+research+trends&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QQ0DT9W3O4X20gHv-bmzAg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=biosemiotic%20research%20trends&f=false
Durston, K.K.; Chiu, D.K.; Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Measuring the functional sequence complexity of proteins. Theor Biol Med Model 2007, 4, Free on-line access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/4/1/47.
Abel, D.L. Complexity, self-organization, and emergence at the edge of chaos in life-origin models. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 2007, 93, (4), 1-20. [pdf reprint available from life@us.net]
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2008, 9, 1-46.
http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/10/1/247
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. In Society for Chaos Theory: Society for Complexity in Psychology and the Life Sciences, International conference at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA., 2008. [pdf 12] [ppt file 19]
Abel, D.L. Is Life Reducible to Complexity? In Fundamentals of Life, Palyi, G.; Zucchi, C.; Caglioti, L., Eds. Elsevier: Paris, 2002; pp 57-72.
Abel, D.L. In Is Life Reducible to Complexity?, Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millennial World Meeting of University Professors, Modena, Italy, 2000; Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia: Modena, Italy, 2000; pp 3-4.
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Self-Organization vs. Self-Ordering events in life-origin models. Physics of Life Reviews 2006, 3, 211-228. [pdf 15]
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. Life origin: The role of complexity at the edge of chaos. In Washington Science 2006, Chandler, J.; Kay, P., Eds. Headquarters of the National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA 2006. Downloadable PowerPoint lecture from life@us.net
Trevors, J.T.; Abel, D.L. Chance and necessity do not explain the origin of life. Cell Biology International 2004, 28, 729-739.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1065699504001416
Abel, D.L. 2012, Moving 'far from equilibrium' in a prebitoic environment: The role of Maxwell’s Demon in life origin. In Genesis - In the Beginning: Precursors of Life, Chemical Models and Early Biological Evolution Seckbach, J.Gordon, R., Eds. Springer: Dordrecht.
See also:
Abel, D.L. To what degree can we reduce "life" without "loss of life"? In Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millenial World Meeting of University Professors, Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena: Modena, Italy, 2000; Vol. Book of Abstracts, p 4. [pdf 3]
Abel, D.L. The GS (Genetic Selection) Principle. Frontiers in Bioscience 2009, 14, (January 1), 2959-2969.
Abel, D.L. The BioSemiosis of Prescriptive Information. Semiotica 2009 1-19
http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/de-gruyter/the-biosemiosis-of-prescriptive-information-7Hwt0CXMT7
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Three subsets of sequence complexity and their relevance to biopolymeric information. Theoretical Biology and Medical Modeling 2005, 2, Open access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/2/1/29.
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than metaphor: Genomes are objective sign systems. Journal of BioSemiotics 2006, 1, (2), 253-267. [pdf 14]
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than Metaphor: Genomes are Objective Sign Systems. In BioSemiotic Research Trends, Barbieri, M., Ed. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.: New York, 2007; pp 1-15.
http://books.google.com/books?id=GvRmYbN3n6UC&printsec=frontcover&dq=biosemiotic+research+trends&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QQ0DT9W3O4X20gHv-bmzAg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=biosemiotic%20research%20trends&f=false
Durston, K.K.; Chiu, D.K.; Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Measuring the functional sequence complexity of proteins. Theor Biol Med Model 2007, 4, Free on-line access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/4/1/47. [pdf 17]
The Edge of Chaos
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2009, 9, 1-46. Open Access http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/10/1/247
Abel, D.L. Complexity, self-organization, and emergence at the edge of chaos in life-origin models. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 2007, 93, (4), 1-20.
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. In Society for Chaos Theory: Society for Complexity in Psychology and the Life Sciences, International conference at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA., 2008.
Abel, D.L. Is Life Reducible to Complexity? In Fundamentals of Life, Palyi, G.; Zucchi, C.; Caglioti, L., Eds. Elsevier: Paris, 2002; pp 57-72.
Abel, D.L. In Is Life Reducible to Complexity?, Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millennial World Meeting of University Professors, Modena, Italy, 2000; Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia: Modena, Italy, 2000; pp 3-4.[pdf 2]
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Self-Organization vs. Self-Ordering events in life-origin models. Physics of Life Reviews 2006, 3, 211-228.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1571064506000224
Abel, D.L., Constraints vs. Controls.
Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal, 2010, 4:14-27
http://www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V004/14TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at
http://www.bentham-open.org/pages/content.php?TOCSJ/2008/00000002/00000001/252TOCSJ.PDF
Abel, D.L. Life origin: The role of complexity at the edge of chaos. In Washington Science 2006, Chandler, J.; Kay, P., Eds. Headquarters of the National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA 2006. Downloadable PowerPoint lecture available from life@us.net
Abel, D.L. 2012, Moving 'far from equilibrium' in a prebitoic environment: The role of Maxwell’s Demon in life origin. In Genesis - In the Beginning: Precursors of Life, Chemical Models and Early Biological Evolution Seckbach, J.Gordon, R., Eds. Springer: Dordrecht.
Trevors, J.T.; Abel, D.L. Chance and necessity do not explain the origin of life. Cell Biology International 2004, 28, 729-739.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1065699504001416
See also:
Abel, D.L. To what degree can we reduce "life" without "loss of life"? In Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millenial World Meeting of University Professors, Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena: Modena, Italy, 2000; Vol. Book of Abstracts, p 4. [pdf 3]
Abel, D.L. The GS (Genetic Selection) Principle. Frontiers in Bioscience 2009, 14, (January 1), 2959-2969.
http://www.bioscience.org/2009/v14/af/3426/fulltext.htm
Abel, D.L. The BioSemiosis of Prescriptive Information. Semiotica 2009 1-19
http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/de-gruyter/the-biosemiosis-of-prescriptive-information-7Hwt0CXMT7
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Three subsets of sequence complexity and their relevance to biopolymeric information. Theoretical Biology and Medical Modeling 2005, 2, Open access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/2/1/29. [pdf 13]
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than metaphor: Genomes are objective sign systems. Journal of BioSemiotics 2006, 1, (2), 253-267.
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than Metaphor: Genomes are Objective Sign Systems. In BioSemiotic Research Trends, Barbieri, M., Ed. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.: New York, 2007; pp 1-15
http://books.google.com/books?id=GvRmYbN3n6UC&printsec=frontcover&dq=biosemiotic+research+trends&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QQ0DT9W3O4X20gHv-bmzAg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=biosemiotic%20research%20trends&f=false
Durston, K.K.; Chiu, D.K.; Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Measuring the functional sequence complexity of proteins. Theor Biol Med Model 2007, 4, Free on-line access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/4/1/47.
Can Prescriptive Information (PI) be physical?
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2009, 9, 1-46. Open Access http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/10/1/247
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Self-Organization vs. Self-Ordering events in life-origin models. Physics of Life Reviews 2006, 3, 211-228.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1571064506000224
Abel, D.L., Constraints vs. Controls.
Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal, 2010, 4:14-27
http://www.benthamscience.com/open/tocsj/articles/V004/14TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. Is Life Reducible to Complexity? In Fundamentals of Life, Palyi, G.; Zucchi, C.; Caglioti, L., Eds. Elsevier: Paris, 2002; pp 57-72.
Trevors, J.T.; Abel, D.L. Chance and necessity do not explain the origin of life. Cell Biology International 2004, 28, 729-739. [pdf 18] Open access at http://www.cfdlab.ae.utexas.edu/~roystgnr/newarticles/Chance%2520&%2520RNA%2520world.pdf
Abel, D.L. The GS (Genetic Selection) Principle. Frontiers in Bioscience 2009, 14, (January 1), 2959-2969. http://www.bioscience.org/2009/v14/af/3426/fulltext.htm
Abel, D.L. The BioSemiosis of Prescriptive Information. Semiotica 2009 1-19
http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/de-gruyter/the-biosemiosis-of-prescriptive-information-7Hwt0CXMT7
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Three subsets of sequence complexity and their relevance to biopolymeric information. Theoretical Biology and Medical Modeling 2005, 2, Open access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/2/1/29.
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than metaphor: Genomes are objective sign systems. Journal of BioSemiotics 2006, 1, (2), 253-267.
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than Metaphor: Genomes are Objective Sign Systems. In BioSemiotic Research Trends, Barbieri, M., Ed. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.: New York, 2007; pp 1-15.
http://books.google.com/books?id=GvRmYbN3n6UC&printsec=frontcover&dq=biosemiotic+research+trends&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QQ0DT9W3O4X20gHv-bmzAg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=biosemiotic%20research%20trends&f=false
Durston, K.K.; Chiu, D.K.; Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Measuring the functional sequence complexity of proteins. Theor Biol Med Model 2007, 4, Free on-line access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/4/1/47. [pdf 17]
Abel, D.L. Complexity, self-organization, and emergence at the edge of chaos in life-origin models. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 2007, 93, (4), 1-20. [pdf reprint available from life@us.net]
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. In Society for Chaos Theory: Society for Complexity in Psychology and the Life Sciences, International conference at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA., 2008.
Abel, D.L. Life origin: The role of complexity at the edge of chaos. In Washington Science 2006, Chandler, J.; Kay, P., Eds. Headquarters of the National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA 2006. Downloadable PowerPoint lecture:
Abel, D.L. In Is Life Reducible to Complexity?, Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millennial World Meeting of University Professors, Modena, Italy, 2000; Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia: Modena, Italy, 2000; pp 3-4.
Abel, D.L. To what degree can we reduce "life" without "loss of life"? In Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millenial World Meeting of University Professors, Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena: Modena, Italy, 2000; Vol. Book of Abstracts, p 4. [pdf 3]
Trevors, J.T.; Abel, D.L. Chance and necessity do not explain the origin of life. Cell Biology International 2004, 28, 729-739.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1065699504001416
Can physicality produce formalisms?
Main Papers and Conference Lectures:
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2009, 9, 1-46. Open Access http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/10/1/247
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Self-Organization vs. Self-Ordering events in life-origin models. Physics of Life Reviews 2006, 3, 211-228.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1571064506000224
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L., Constraints vs. Controls.
Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal, 2010, 4:14-27
http://www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V004/14TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. Is Life Reducible to Complexity? In Fundamentals of Life, Palyi, G.; Zucchi, C.; Caglioti, L., Eds. Elsevier: Paris, 2002; pp 57-72.
Trevors, J.T.; Abel, D.L. Chance and necessity do not explain the origin of life. Cell Biology International 2004, 28, 729-739.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1065699504001416
Abel, D.L. The GS (Genetic Selection) Principle. Frontiers in Bioscience 2009, 14, (January 1), 2959-2969. http://www.bioscience.org/2009/v14/af/3426/fulltext.htm
Abel, D.L. The BioSemiosis of Prescriptive Information. Semiotica 2009 1-19
http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/de-gruyter/the-biosemiosis-of-prescriptive-information-7Hwt0CXMT7
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Three subsets of sequence complexity and their relevance to biopolymeric information. Theoretical Biology and Medical Modeling 2005, 2, Open access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/2/1/29.
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than metaphor: Genomes are objective sign systems. Journal of BioSemiotics 2006, 1, (2), 253-267.
Durston, K.K.; Chiu, D.K.; Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Measuring the functional sequence complexity of proteins. Theor Biol Med Model 2007, 4, Free on-line access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/4/1/47.
Abel, D.L. Complexity, self-organization, and emergence at the edge of chaos in life-origin models. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 2007, 93, (4), 1-20. [pdf reprint available from life@us.net]
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. In Society for Chaos Theory: Society for Complexity in Psychology and the Life Sciences, International conference at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA., 2008. [pdf 12] [ppt file 19]
Abel, D.L. Life origin: The role of complexity at the edge of chaos. In Washington Science 2006, Chandler, J.; Kay, P., Eds. Headquarters of the National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA 2006. Downloadable PowerPoint lecture available from life@us.net
Abel, D.L. In Is Life Reducible to Complexity?, Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millennial World Meeting of University Professors, Modena, Italy, 2000; Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia: Modena, Italy, 2000; pp 3-4.[pdf 2]
Abel, D.L. To what degree can we reduce "life" without "loss of life"? In Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millenial World Meeting of University Professors, Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena: Modena, Italy, 2000; Vol. Book of Abstracts, p 4.
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2009, 9, 1-46. Open Access http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/10/1/247
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Self-Organization vs. Self-Ordering events in life-origin models. Physics of Life Reviews 2006, 3, 211-228.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1571064506000224
Abel, D.L., Constraints vs. Controls.
Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal, 2010, 4:14-27
http://www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V004/14TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. Is Life Reducible to Complexity? In Fundamentals of Life, Palyi, G.; Zucchi, C.; Caglioti, L., Eds. Elsevier: Paris, 2002; pp 57-72. [pdf 4]
Trevors, J.T.; Abel, D.L. Chance and necessity do not explain the origin of life. Cell Biology International 2004, 28, 729-739.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1065699504001416
Abel, D.L. The GS (Genetic Selection) Principle. Frontiers in Bioscience 2009, 14, (January 1), 2959-2969.
http://www.bioscience.org/2009/v14/af/3426/fulltext.htm
Abel, D.L. The BioSemiosis of Prescriptive Information. Semiotica 2009 1-19
http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/de-gruyter/the-biosemiosis-of-prescriptive-information-7Hwt0CXMT7
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Three subsets of sequence complexity and their relevance to biopolymeric information. Theoretical Biology and Medical Modeling 2005, 2, Open access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/2/1/29. [pdf 13]
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than Metaphor: Genomes are Objective Sign Systems. In BioSemiotic Research Trends, Barbieri, M., Ed. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.: New York, 2007; pp 1-15.
http://books.google.com/books?id=GvRmYbN3n6UC&printsec=frontcover&dq=biosemiotic+research+trends&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QQ0DT9W3O4X20gHv-bmzAg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=biosemiotic%20research%20trends&f=false
Durston, K.K.; Chiu, D.K.; Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Measuring the functional sequence complexity of proteins. Theor Biol Med Model 2007, 4, Free on-line access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/4/1/47. [pdf 17]
Abel, D.L. Complexity, self-organization, and emergence at the edge of chaos in life-origin models. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 2007, 93, (4), 1-20.
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. In Society for Chaos Theory: Society for Complexity in Psychology and the Life Sciences, International conference at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA., 2008. [pdf 12]
Abel, D.L. Life origin: The role of complexity at the edge of chaos. In Washington Science 2006, Chandler, J.; Kay, P., Eds. Headquarters of the National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA 2006. Downloadable PowerPoint lecture available from life@us.net
Abel, D.L. In Is Life Reducible to Complexity?, Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millennial World Meeting of University Professors, Modena, Italy, 2000; Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia: Modena, Italy, 2000; pp 3-4.[pdf 2]
Abel, D.L. 2011, Moving 'far from equilibrium' in a prebitoic environment: The role of Maxwell’s Demon in life origin. In Genesis - In the Beginning: Precursors of Life, Chemical Models and Early Biological Evolution Seckbach, J.Gordon, R., Eds. Springer: Dordrecht.
Abel, D.L. To what degree can we reduce "life" without "loss of life"? In Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millenial World Meeting of University Professors, Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena: Modena, Italy, 2000; Vol. Book of Abstracts, p 4. [pdf 3]
Physicodynamically Indeterminant
Configurable Switch-Settings
Main Papers and Conference Lectures:
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2009, 9, 1-46. Open Access http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/10/1/247
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Self-Organization vs. Self-Ordering events in life-origin models. Physics of Life Reviews 2006, 3, 211-228.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1571064506000224
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. Is Life Reducible to Complexity? In Fundamentals of Life, Palyi, G.; Zucchi, C.; Caglioti, L., Eds. Elsevier: Paris, 2002; pp 57-72.
Trevors, J.T.; Abel, D.L. Chance and necessity do not explain the origin of life. Cell Biology International 2004, 28, 729-739.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1065699504001416
Abel, D.L. The GS (Genetic Selection) Principle. Frontiers in Bioscience 2009, 14, (January 1), 2959-2969. http://www.bioscience.org/2009/v14/af/3426/fulltext.htm
Abel, D.L. The BioSemiosis of Prescriptive Information. Semiotica 2009 1-19
http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/de-gruyter/the-biosemiosis-of-prescriptive-information-7Hwt0CXMT7
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Three subsets of sequence complexity and their relevance to biopolymeric information. Theoretical Biology and Medical Modeling 2005, 2, Open access at
http://www.tbiomed.com/content/2/1/29. [pdf 13]
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than metaphor: Genomes are objective sign systems. Journal of BioSemiotics 2006, 1, (2), 253-267.
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than Metaphor: Genomes are Objective Sign Systems. In BioSemiotic Research Trends, Barbieri, M., Ed. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.: New York, 2007; pp 1-15.
http://books.google.com/books?id=GvRmYbN3n6UC&printsec=frontcover&dq=biosemiotic+research+trends&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QQ0DT9W3O4X20gHv-bmzAg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=biosemiotic%20research%20trends&f=false
Durston, K.K.; Chiu, D.K.; Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Measuring the functional sequence complexity of proteins. Theor Biol Med Model 2007, 4, Free on-line access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/4/1/47. [pdf 17]
Abel, D.L. Complexity, self-organization, and emergence at the edge of chaos in life-origin models. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 2007, 93, (4), 1-20. [pdf 7]
Abel, D.L., Constraints vs. Controls.
Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal, 2010, 4:14-27
http://www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/openaccess2.htm, Vol 4, third one down
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. In Society for Chaos Theory: Society for Complexity in Psychology and the Life Sciences, International conference at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA., 2008. [pdf 12] [ppt file 19]
Abel, D.L. Life origin: The role of complexity at the edge of chaos. In Washington Science 2006, Chandler, J.; Kay, P., Eds. Headquarters of the National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA 2006. Downloadable PowerPoint lecture: [ppt file 6]
Abel, D.L. In Is Life Reducible to Complexity?, Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millennial World Meeting of University Professors, Modena, Italy, 2000; Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia: Modena, Italy, 2000; pp 3-4.[pdf 2]
Abel, D.L. To what degree can we reduce "life" without "loss of life"? In Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millenial World Meeting of University Professors, Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena: Modena, Italy, 2000; Vol. Book of Abstracts, p 4. [pdf 3]
Decision Nodes and Logic Gates
Main Papers and Conference Lectures
Abel, D.L. The BioSemiosis of Prescriptive Information. Semiotica 2009 1-19
http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/de-gruyter/the-biosemiosis-of-prescriptive-information-7Hwt0CXMT7
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2009, 9, 1-46. Open Access
http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/10/1/247
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Self-Organization vs. Self-Ordering events in life-origin models. Physics of Life Reviews 2006, 3, 211-228.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1571064506000224
Abel, D.L., Constraints vs. Controls.
Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal, 2010, 4:14-27
http://www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V004/14TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. Is Life Reducible to Complexity? In Fundamentals of Life, Palyi, G.; Zucchi, C.; Caglioti, L., Eds. Elsevier: Paris, 2002; pp 57-72. [pdf 4]
Trevors, J.T.; Abel, D.L. Chance and necessity do not explain the origin of life. Cell Biology International 2004, 28, 729-739.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1065699504001416
Abel, D.L. The GS (Genetic Selection) Principle. Frontiers in Bioscience 2009, 14, (January 1), 2959-2969. http://www.bioscience.org/2009/v14/af/3426/fulltext.htm
Abel, D.L. The BioSemiosis of Prescriptive Information. Semiotica 2009 1-19
http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/de-gruyter/the-biosemiosis-of-prescriptive-information-7Hwt0CXMT7
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Three subsets of sequence complexity and their relevance to biopolymeric information. Theoretical Biology and Medical Modeling 2005, 2, Open access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/2/1/29.
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than metaphor: Genomes are objective sign systems. Journal of BioSemiotics 2006, 1, (2), 253-267.
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than Metaphor: Genomes are Objective Sign Systems. In BioSemiotic Research Trends, Barbieri, M., Ed. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.: New York, 2007; pp 1-15.
http://books.google.com/books?id=GvRmYbN3n6UC&printsec=frontcover&dq=biosemiotic+research+trends&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QQ0DT9W3O4X20gHv-bmzAg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=biosemiotic%20research%20trends&f=false
Durston, K.K.; Chiu, D.K.; Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Measuring the functional sequence complexity of proteins. Theor Biol Med Model 2007, 4, Free on-line access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/4/1/47.
Abel, D.L. Complexity, self-organization, and emergence at the edge of chaos in life-origin models. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 2007, 93, (4), 1-20. [pdf reprint available from life@us.net]
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. In Society for Chaos Theory: Society for Complexity in Psychology and the Life Sciences, International conference at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA., 2008. [pdf 12] [ppt file 19]
Abel, D.L. Life origin: The role of complexity at the edge of chaos. In Washington Science 2006, Chandler, J.; Kay, P., Eds. Headquarters of the National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA 2006. Downloadable PowerPoint lecture: [ppt file 6]
Abel, D.L. In Is Life Reducible to Complexity?, Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millennial World Meeting of University Professors, Modena, Italy, 2000; Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia: Modena, Italy, 2000; pp 3-4.[pdf 2]
Trevors, J.T.; Abel, D.L. Chance and necessity do not explain the origin of life. Cell Biology International 2004, 28, 729-739.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1065699504001416
Abel, D.L. To what degree can we reduce "life" without "loss of life"? In Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millenial World Meeting of University Professors, Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena: Modena, Italy, 2000; Vol. Book of Abstracts, p 4. [pdf 3]
Directed evolution
Main Papers and Conference Lectures
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2009, 9, 1-46. Open Access http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/10/1/247
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Self-Organization vs. Self-Ordering events in life-origin models. Physics of Life Reviews 2006, 3, 211-228. [pdf 15]
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B75DC-4M3J0X8-1&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=5ff1765a7e3edb2caafe25561554f5e2
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L., Constraints vs. Controls.
Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal, 2010, 4:14-27
http://www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V004/14TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. Is Life Reducible to Complexity? In Fundamentals of Life, Palyi, G.; Zucchi, C.; Caglioti, L., Eds. Elsevier: Paris, 2002; pp 57-72. [pdf 4]
Trevors, J.T.; Abel, D.L. Chance and necessity do not explain the origin of life. Cell Biology International 2004, 28, 729-739. [pdf 18] Open access at http://www.cfdlab.ae.utexas.edu/~roystgnr/newarticles/Chance%2520&%2520RNA%2520world.pdf
Abel, D.L. The GS (Genetic Selection) Principle. Frontiers in Bioscience 2009, 14, (January 1), 2959-2969. http://www.bioscience.org/2009/v14/af/3426/fulltext.htm
Abel, D.L. The BioSemiosis of Prescriptive Information. Semiotica 2009 1-19
http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/de-gruyter/the-biosemiosis-of-prescriptive-information-7Hwt0CXMT7
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Three subsets of sequence complexity and their relevance to biopolymeric information. Theoretical Biology and Medical Modeling 2005, 2, Open access at
http://www.tbiomed.com/content/2/1/29
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than metaphor: Genomes are objective sign systems. Journal of BioSemiotics 2006, 1, (2), 253-267.
http://books.google.com/books?id=GvRmYbN3n6UC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than Metaphor: Genomes are Objective Sign Systems. In BioSemiotic Research Trends, Barbieri, M., Ed. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.: New York, 2007; pp 1-15.
http://books.google.com/books?id=GvRmYbN3n6UC&printsec=frontcover&dq=biosemiotic+research+trends&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QQ0DT9W3O4X20gHv-bmzAg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=biosemiotic%20research%20trends&f=false
Durston, K.K.; Chiu, D.K.; Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Measuring the functional sequence complexity of proteins. Theor Biol Med Model 2007, 4, Free on-line access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/4/1/47. [pdf 17]
Abel, D.L. Complexity, self-organization, and emergence at the edge of chaos in life-origin models. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 2007, 93, (4), 1-20. [pdf reprint available from life@us.net]
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. In Society for Chaos Theory: Society for Complexity in Psychology and the Life Sciences, International conference at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA., 2008. [pdf 12] [ppt file 19]
Abel, D.L. Life origin: The role of complexity at the edge of chaos. In Washington Science 2006, Chandler, J.; Kay, P., Eds. Headquarters of the National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA 2006. Downloadable PowerPoint lecture: [ppt file 6]
Abel, D.L. In Is Life Reducible to Complexity?, Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millennial World Meeting of University Professors, Modena, Italy, 2000; Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia: Modena, Italy, 2000; pp 3-4.[pdf 2]
Abel, D.L. To what degree can we reduce "life" without "loss of life"? In Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millenial World Meeting of University Professors, Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena: Modena, Italy, 2000; Vol. Book of Abstracts, p 4. [pdf 3]
Chance Contingency vs. Choice Contingency
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L., Constraints vs. Controls.
Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal, 2010, 4:14-27
http://www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V004/14TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. 2011, Moving 'far from equilibrium' in a prebitoic environment: The role of Maxwell’s Demon in life origin. In Genesis - In the Beginning: Precursors of Life, Chemical Models and Early Biological Evolution Seckbach, J.Gordon, R., Eds. Springer: Dordrecht.
Laws vs. Rules
Abel, D.L., Constraints vs. Controls.
Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal, 2010, 4:14-27
http://www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V004/14TOCSJ.pdf
Primordial BioSemiosis (ProtoBioSemiosis)
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Primordial Biocybernetics (ProtoBioCybernetics)
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Symbol systems; Sign systems
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Tokens and Physical Symbol Vehicles
Steering, Control, Governance: Cybernetics
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L., Constraints vs. Controls.
Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal, 2010, 4:14-27
http://www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V004/14TOCSJ.pdf
Selection of existing function vs.
Selection for potential function
Prescriptive Information (PI) vs mutual entropy
Evolutionay Algorithms
Abel, D.L., Constraints vs. Controls.
Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal, 2010, 4:14-27
http://www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V004/14TOCSJ.pdf
Trevors, J.T.; Abel, D.L. Chance and necessity do not explain the origin of life. Cell Biology International 2004, 28, 729-739.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1065699504001416
Hypercycles
Duplication plus variation as a source of new
Prescriptive Information (PI)
The F > P Principle
Maxwell’s Demon
Abel, D.L. 2011, Moving 'far from equilibrium' in a prebitoic environment: The role of Maxwell’s Demon in life origin. In Genesis - In the Beginning: Precursors of Life, Chemical Models and Early Biological Evolution Seckbach, J.Gordon, R., Eds. Springer: Dordrecht.
Formalism vs. Physicality
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Cybernetic complexity vs. Combinatorial complexity
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Artificial Life (ALife)
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
David L. Abel, Director
The Gene Emergence Project
Department of ProtoBioCybernetics/
ProtoBioSemiotics
The Origin of Life Science Foundation, Inc.
The Gene Emergence Project is an international consortium of scientists pursuing the natural-process derivation of initial biocybernetic/biosemiotic programming and control.
Main Peer-Reviewed Science Journal Publications, Conference Lectures, and books by Subject Area as of January, 2012
The First Gene
Abel, David L., Editor, December, 2011, The First Gene: The Birth of Programming, Messaging and Formal Control
LongView Press Academic: Biolog. Res. Div.: New York, NY
http://www.amazon.com/First-Gene-Programming-Messaging-Control/dp/0965798895
Is Life Unique?
Abel, D. L., Is life unique?, Life, 2012, 2: (1) 106-134
http://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/2/1/106/
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2009, 9, 1-46. Open Access http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/10/1/247
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Self-Organization vs. Self-Ordering events in life-origin models. Physics of Life Reviews 2006, 3, 211-228.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1571064506000224
Abel, D.L., Constraints vs. Controls.
Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal, 2010, 4:14-27
http://www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V004/14TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L., 2011, Linear Digital Material Symbol Systems (MSS). In The First Gene: The Birth of Programming, Messaging and Formal Control, Abel, D. L., Ed. LongView Press--Academic, Biol. Res. Div.: New York, N.Y., pp 135-160.
Abel, D.L., 2011, The Birth of Protocells. In The First Gene: The Birth of Programming, Messaging and Formal Control, Abel, D. L., Ed. LongView Press--Academic, Biol. Res. Div.: New York, N.Y., pp 189-230.
Abel, D.L., 2011, The Formalism > Physicality (F > P) Principle. In The First Gene: The Birth of Programming, Messaging and Formal Control, Abel, D. L., Ed. LongView Press--Academic: New York, N.Y., pp 325-356.
Abel, D.L., 2012, Moving 'far from equilibrium' in a prebitoic environment: The role of Maxwell’s Demon in life origin. In Genesis - In the Beginning: Precursors of Life, Chemical Models and Early Biological Evolution Seckbach, J.Gordon, R., Eds. Springer: Dordrecht.
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T., 2007, More than metaphor: genomes are objective sign systems. In BioSemiotic Research Trends, Barbieri, M., Ed. Nova Science Publishers: New York, pp 1-15 http://books.google.com/books?id=GvRmYbN3n6UC&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=%22The+GS+Principle%22&source=bl&ots=-ZK4mRBvqw&sig=52lPn3HuWpfD095dHEidlXr4cBM&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result
Abel, D.L. The BioSemiosis of Prescriptive Information. Semiotica 2009 1-19
http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/de-gruyter/the-biosemiosis-of-prescriptive-information-7Hwt0CXMT7
Constraints vs. Controls
Abel DL: Constraints vs. Controls.
Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal, 2010, 4:14-27
http://www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V004/14TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. 2012, Moving 'far from equilibrium' in a prebitoic environment: The role of Maxwell’s Demon in life origin. In Genesis - In the Beginning: Precursors of Life, Chemical Models and Early Biological Evolution Seckbach, J. and Gordon, R., Eds. Springer: Dordrecht.
Abel, D. L., 2011, What is ProtoBioCybernetics?, in The First Gene: The Birth of Programming, Messaging and Formal Control, D. L. Abel, New York, N.Y., LongView Press-Academic: Biolog. Res. Div.
Abel, D.L., 2011, The three fundamental categories of reality. In The First Gene: The Birth of Programming, Messaging and Formal Control, Abel, D. L., Ed. LongView Press-Academic: Biolog. Res. Div.: New York, N.Y., pp 19-54.
Abel, D.L., 2011, The Cybernetic Cut and Configurable Switch (CS) Bridge. In The First Gene: The Birth of Programming, Messaging and Formal Control, Abel, D. L., Ed. LongView Press--Academic, New York, N.Y., pp 55-74
Abel, D.L., 2011, What utility does order, pattern or complexity prescribe? In The First Gene: The Birth of Programming, Messaging and Formal Control, Abel, D. L., Ed. LongView Press--Academic, New York, N.Y., pp 75-116.
The Plausibility of Scientific Theories
Abel DL: The Universal Plausibility Metric (UPM) and Principle (UPP)
Theor Biol Med Model 2009, 6:27
Open access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/6/1/27
The Capabilities of Chaos and Complexity
Abel DL: The capabilities of chaos and complexity. Int J Mol Sci 2009, 10:247-291 Open access at
http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/10/1/247
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Self-Organization vs. Self-Ordering events in life-origin models. Physics of Life Reviews 2006, 3, 211-228.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1571064506000224
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at
www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L., Constraints vs. Controls.
Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal, 2010, 4:14-27
http://www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V004/14TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. Is Life Reducible to Complexity? In Fundamentals of Life, Palyi, G.; Zucchi, C.; Caglioti, L., Eds. Elsevier: Paris, 2002; pp 57-72.
Trevors, J.T.; Abel, D.L. Chance and necessity do not explain the origin of life. Cell Biology International 2004, 28, 729-739.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1065699504001416
Abel, D.L. The GS (Genetic Selection) Principle. Frontiers in Bioscience 2009, 14, (January 1), 2959-2969.
http://www.bioscience.org/2009/v14/af/3426/fulltext.htm
Abel, DL: The biosemiosis of prescriptive information. Semiotica 2009, 2009:1-19.
http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/de-gruyter/the-biosemiosis-of-prescriptive-information-7Hwt0CXMT7
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Three subsets of sequence complexity and their relevance to biopolymeric information. Theoretical Biology and Medical Modeling 2005, 2, Open access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/2/1/29
Durston, K.K.; Chiu, D.K.; Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Measuring the functional sequence complexity of proteins. Theor Biol Med Model 2007, 4, Free on-line access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/4/1/47.
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than metaphor: Genomes are objective sign systems. Journal of BioSemiotics 2006, 1, (2), 253-267.
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than Metaphor: Genomes are Objective Sign Systems. In BioSemiotic Research Trends, Barbieri, M., Ed. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.: New York, 2007; pp 1-15.
http://books.google.com/books?id=GvRmYbN3n6UC&printsec=frontcover&dq=biosemiotic+research+trends&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QQ0DT9W3O4X20gHv-bmzAg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=biosemiotic%20research%20trends&f=false
Abel, D.L. Complexity, self-organization, and emergence at the edge of chaos in life-origin models. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 2007, 93, (4), 1-20. [pdf available from life@us.net]
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. In Society for Chaos Theory: Society for Complexity in Psychology and the Life Sciences, International conference at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA., 2008.
Abel, D.L. Life origin: The role of complexity at the edge of chaos. In Washington Science 2006, Chandler, J.; Kay, P., Eds. Headquarters of the National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA 2006. Downloadable PowerPoint lecture: [ppt file available from life@us.net upon request].
Abel, D.L. In Is Life Reducible to Complexity?, Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millennial World Meeting of University Professors, Modena, Italy, 2000; Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia: Modena, Italy, 2000; pp 3-4.
Abel, D.L. To what degree can we reduce "life" without "loss of life"? In Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millenial World Meeting of University Professors, Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena: Modena, Italy, 2000; Vol. Book of Abstracts, p 4. [pdf 3]
Abel, D.L. 2012, Moving 'far from equilibrium' in a prebitoic environment: The role of Maxwell’s Demon in life origin. In Genesis - In the Beginning: Precursors of Life, Chemical Models and Early Biological Evolution Seckbach, J.Gordon, R., Eds. Springer: Dordrecht.
Self-ordering vs. Organization
Main Papers and Conference Lectures:
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Self-Organization vs. Self-Ordering events in life-origin models. Physics of Life Reviews 2006, 3, 211-228.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1571064506000224
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2009, 9, 1-46. Open Access http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/10/1/247
Abel, D.L., Constraints vs. Controls.
Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal, 2010, 4:14-27
http://www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V004/14TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. Is Life Reducible to Complexity? In Fundamentals of Life, Palyi, G.; Zucchi, C.; Caglioti, L., Eds. Elsevier: Paris, 2002; pp 57-72.
Trevors, J.T.; Abel, D.L. Chance and necessity do not explain the origin of life. Cell Biology International 2004, 28, 729-739. Open access at
http://www.cfdlab.ae.utexas.edu/~roystgnr/newarticles/Chance%2520&%2520RNA%2520world.pdf
Abel, D.L. The GS (Genetic Selection) Principle. Frontiers in Bioscience 2009, 14, (January 1), 2959-2969.
http://www.bioscience.org/2009/v14/af/3426/fulltext.htm
Abel, D.L. The BioSemiosis of Prescriptive Information. Semiotica 2009 1-19
http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/de-gruyter/the-biosemiosis-of-prescriptive-information-7Hwt0CXMT7
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Three subsets of sequence complexity and their relevance to biopolymeric information. Theoretical Biology and Medical Modeling 2005, 2, Open access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/2/1/29.
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than metaphor: Genomes are objective sign systems. Journal of BioSemiotics 2006, 1, (2), 253-267.
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than Metaphor: Genomes are Objective Sign Systems. In BioSemiotic Research Trends, Barbieri, M., Ed. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.: New York, 2007; pp 1-15.
http://books.google.com/books?id=GvRmYbN3n6UC&printsec=frontcover&dq=biosemiotic+research+trends&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QQ0DT9W3O4X20gHv-bmzAg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=biosemiotic%20research%20trends&f=false
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T., 2005, Three subsets of sequence complexity and their relevance to biopolymeric information., Theoretical Biology and Medical Modeling, 2, 29 Open access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/2/1/29
Durston, K.K.; Chiu, D.K.; Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Measuring the functional sequence complexity of proteins. Theor Biol Med Model 2007, 4, Free on-line access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/4/1/47.
Abel, D.L. Complexity, self-organization, and emergence at the edge of chaos in life-origin models. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 2007, 93, (4), 1-20. [pdf available from life@us.net]
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. In Society for Chaos Theory: Society for Complexity in Psychology and the Life Sciences, International conference at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA., 2008.
Abel, D.L. Life origin: The role of complexity at the edge of chaos. In Washington Science 2006, Chandler, J.; Kay, P., Eds. Headquarters of the National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA 2006. Downloadable PowerPoint lecture available from life@us.net
Abel, D.L. In Is Life Reducible to Complexity?, Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millennial World Meeting of University Professors, Modena, Italy, 2000; Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia: Modena, Italy, 2000; pp 3-4.
Abel, D.L. To what degree can we reduce "life" without "loss of life"? In Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millenial World Meeting of University Professors, Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena: Modena, Italy, 2000; Vol. Book of Abstracts, p 4.
Abel, D.L. 2012, Moving 'far from equilibrium' in a prebitoic environment: The role of Maxwell’s Demon in life origin. In Genesis - In the Beginning: Precursors of Life, Chemical Models and Early Biological Evolution Seckbach, J.Gordon, R., Eds. Springer: Dordrecht.
The GS Principle
(The Genetic Selection Principle)
Abel, D.L. The Genetic Selection (GS) Principle.
Frontiers in Bioscience 2009, 14, (January 1), 2959-2969.
http://www.bioscience.org/2009/v14/af/3426/fulltext.htm
See Invited Scirus Topic Article: “The Genetic Selection (GS) Principle”
http://www.scitopics.com/The_Genetic_Selection_GS_Principle.html
See Also:
Abel, D.L. The BioSemiosis of Prescriptive Information. Semiotica 2009 1-19
http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/de-gruyter/the-biosemiosis-of-prescriptive-information-7Hwt0CXMT7
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than metaphor: Genomes are objective sign systems. Journal of BioSemiotics 2006, 1, (2), 253-267. (See the section entitled: “Is the hypothesis of objective genetic cybernetics testable?”)
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than Metaphor: Genomes are Objective Sign Systems. In BioSemiotic Research Trends, Barbieri, M., Ed. Nova
Science Publishers, Inc.: New York, 2007; pp 1-15. (See the section entitled: “Is the hypothesis of objective genetic cybernetics testable?”)
http://books.google.com/books?id=GvRmYbN3n6UC&printsec=frontcover&dq=biosemiotic+research+trends&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QQ0DT9W3O4X20gHv-bmzAg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=biosemiotic%20research%20trends&f=false
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Three subsets of sequence complexity and their relevance to biopolymeric information. Theoretical Biology and Medical Modeling 2005, 2, Open access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/2/1/29. (See section: “Functional Sequence Complexity (FSC):”)
Abel, D.L., Constraints vs. Controls.
Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal, 2010, 4:14-27
http://www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V004/14TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
The Cybernetic Cut
Main Papers and Conference Lectures:
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L., Constraints vs. Controls.
Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal, 2010, 4:14-27
http://www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V004/14TOCSJ.pdf
Trevors, J.T.; Abel, D.L. Chance and necessity do not explain the origin of life. Cell Biology International 2004, 28, 729-739.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1065699504001416
See Invited SciTopic Article: “The Cybernetic Cut”
http://topics.scirus.com/The_Cybernetic_Cut.html
See also:
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2008, 9, 1-46. (See sections: “7. Do symbol systems exist outside of human minds?” and “18. The Cybernetic Cut.”)
Abel, D.L. 2012, Moving 'far from equilibrium' in a prebitoic environment: The role of Maxwell’s Demon in life origin. In Genesis - In the Beginning: Precursors of Life, Chemical Models and Early Biological Evolution Seckbach, J.Gordon, R., Eds. Springer: Dordrecht.
Trevors, J.T.; Abel, D.L. Chance and necessity do not explain the origin of life. Cell Biology International 2004, 28, 729-739.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1065699504001416
Sequence Complexity
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Three subsets of sequence complexity and their relevance to biopolymeric information. Theoretical Biology and Medical Modeling 2005, 2, Open access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/2/1/29.
Durston, K.K.; Chiu, D.K.; Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Measuring the functional sequence complexity of proteins. Theor Biol Med Model 2007, 4, Free on-line access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/4/1/47.
Abel, D.L. The BioSemiosis of Prescriptive Information. Semiotica 2009 1-19
http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/de-gruyter/the-biosemiosis-of-prescriptive-information-7Hwt0CXMT7
See also:
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2009, 9, 1-46. Open Access http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/10/1/247
Abel, D.L. Complexity, self-organization, and emergence at the edge of chaos in life-origin models. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 2007, 93, (4), 1-20. [pdf reprint available from life@us.net]
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. In Society for Chaos Theory: Society for Complexity in Psychology and the Life Sciences, International conference at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA., 2008.
Abel, D.L. Is Life Reducible to Complexity? In Fundamentals of Life, Palyi, G.; Zucchi, C.; Caglioti, L., Eds. Elsevier: Paris, 2002; pp 57-72.
Abel, D.L. In Is Life Reducible to Complexity?, Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millennial World Meeting of University Professors, Modena, Italy, 2000; Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia: Modena, Italy, 2000; pp 3-4.
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Self-Organization vs. Self-Ordering events in life-origin models. Physics of Life Reviews 2006, 3, 211-228.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1571064506000224
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. Life origin: The role of complexity at the edge of chaos. In Washington Science 2006, Chandler, J.; Kay, P., Eds. Headquarters of the National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA 2006. Downloadable PowerPoint lecture:
Trevors, J.T.; Abel, D.L. Chance and necessity do not explain the origin of life. Cell Biology International 2004, 28, 729-739.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1065699504001416
The Complexity of Life
Main Papers and Conference Lectures
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2009, 9, 1-46. Open Access http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/10/1/247
Abel, D.L. Complexity, self-organization, and emergence at the edge of chaos in life-origin models. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 2007, 93, (4), 1-20. [pdf reprint available from life@us.net]
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. In Society for Chaos Theory: Society for Complexity in Psychology and the Life Sciences, International conference at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA., 2008.
Abel, D.L. Is Life Reducible to Complexity? In Fundamentals of Life, Palyi, G.; Zucchi, C.; Caglioti, L., Eds. Elsevier: Paris, 2002; pp 57-72.
Abel, D.L. In Is Life Reducible to Complexity?, Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millennial World Meeting of University Professors, Modena, Italy, 2000; Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia: Modena, Italy, 2000; pp 3-4.
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Self-Organization vs. Self-Ordering events in life-origin models. Physics of Life Reviews 2006, 3, 211-228.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1571064506000224
Abel, D.L., Constraints vs. Controls.
Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal, 2010, 4:14-27
http://www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V004/14TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access athttp://www.bentham-open.org/pages/content.php?TOCSJ/2008/00000002/00000001/252TOCSJ.PDF
Abel, D.L. Life origin: The role of complexity at the edge of chaos. In Washington Science 2006, Chandler, J.; Kay, P., Eds. Headquarters of the National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA 2006. Downloadable PowerPoint lecture from life@us.net
Trevors, J.T.; Abel, D.L. Chance and necessity do not explain the origin of life. Cell Biology International 2004, 28, 729-739. [pdf 18]http://www.cfdlab.ae.utexas.edu/~roystgnr/newarticles/Chance%2520&%2520RNA%2520world.pdf
Abel, D.L. To what degree can we reduce "life" without "loss of life"? In Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millenial World Meeting of University Professors, Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena: Modena, Italy, 2000; Vol. Book of Abstracts, p 4. [pdf 3]
Abel, D.L. The GS (Genetic Selection) Principle. Frontiers in Bioscience 2009, 14, (January 1), 2959-2969.
http://www.bioscience.org/2009/v14/af/3426/fulltext.htm
Abel, D.L. The BioSemiosis of Prescriptive Information. Semiotica 2009 1-19
http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/de-gruyter/the-biosemiosis-of-prescriptive-information-7Hwt0CXMT7
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Three subsets of sequence complexity and their relevance to biopolymeric information. Theoretical Biology and Medical Modeling 2005, 2, Open access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/2/1/29.
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than metaphor: Genomes are objective sign systems. Journal of BioSemiotics 2006, 1, (2), 253-267.
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than Metaphor: Genomes are Objective Sign Systems. In BioSemiotic Research Trends, Barbieri, M., Ed. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.: New York, 2007; pp 1-15.
http://books.google.com/books?id=GvRmYbN3n6UC&printsec=frontcover&dq=biosemiotic+research+trends&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QQ0DT9W3O4X20gHv-bmzAg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=biosemiotic%20research%20trends&f=false
Durston, K.K.; Chiu, D.K.; Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Measuring the functional sequence complexity of proteins. Theor Biol Med Model 2007, 4, Free on-line access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/4/1/47.
Abel, D.L. Complexity, self-organization, and emergence at the edge of chaos in life-origin models. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 2007, 93, (4), 1-20. [pdf reprint available from life@us.net]
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2008, 9, 1-46.
http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/10/1/247
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. In Society for Chaos Theory: Society for Complexity in Psychology and the Life Sciences, International conference at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA., 2008. [pdf 12] [ppt file 19]
Abel, D.L. Is Life Reducible to Complexity? In Fundamentals of Life, Palyi, G.; Zucchi, C.; Caglioti, L., Eds. Elsevier: Paris, 2002; pp 57-72.
Abel, D.L. In Is Life Reducible to Complexity?, Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millennial World Meeting of University Professors, Modena, Italy, 2000; Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia: Modena, Italy, 2000; pp 3-4.
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Self-Organization vs. Self-Ordering events in life-origin models. Physics of Life Reviews 2006, 3, 211-228. [pdf 15]
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. Life origin: The role of complexity at the edge of chaos. In Washington Science 2006, Chandler, J.; Kay, P., Eds. Headquarters of the National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA 2006. Downloadable PowerPoint lecture from life@us.net
Trevors, J.T.; Abel, D.L. Chance and necessity do not explain the origin of life. Cell Biology International 2004, 28, 729-739.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1065699504001416
Abel, D.L. 2012, Moving 'far from equilibrium' in a prebitoic environment: The role of Maxwell’s Demon in life origin. In Genesis - In the Beginning: Precursors of Life, Chemical Models and Early Biological Evolution Seckbach, J.Gordon, R., Eds. Springer: Dordrecht.
See also:
Abel, D.L. To what degree can we reduce "life" without "loss of life"? In Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millenial World Meeting of University Professors, Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena: Modena, Italy, 2000; Vol. Book of Abstracts, p 4. [pdf 3]
Abel, D.L. The GS (Genetic Selection) Principle. Frontiers in Bioscience 2009, 14, (January 1), 2959-2969.
Abel, D.L. The BioSemiosis of Prescriptive Information. Semiotica 2009 1-19
http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/de-gruyter/the-biosemiosis-of-prescriptive-information-7Hwt0CXMT7
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Three subsets of sequence complexity and their relevance to biopolymeric information. Theoretical Biology and Medical Modeling 2005, 2, Open access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/2/1/29.
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than metaphor: Genomes are objective sign systems. Journal of BioSemiotics 2006, 1, (2), 253-267. [pdf 14]
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than Metaphor: Genomes are Objective Sign Systems. In BioSemiotic Research Trends, Barbieri, M., Ed. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.: New York, 2007; pp 1-15.
http://books.google.com/books?id=GvRmYbN3n6UC&printsec=frontcover&dq=biosemiotic+research+trends&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QQ0DT9W3O4X20gHv-bmzAg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=biosemiotic%20research%20trends&f=false
Durston, K.K.; Chiu, D.K.; Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Measuring the functional sequence complexity of proteins. Theor Biol Med Model 2007, 4, Free on-line access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/4/1/47. [pdf 17]
The Edge of Chaos
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2009, 9, 1-46. Open Access http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/10/1/247
Abel, D.L. Complexity, self-organization, and emergence at the edge of chaos in life-origin models. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 2007, 93, (4), 1-20.
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. In Society for Chaos Theory: Society for Complexity in Psychology and the Life Sciences, International conference at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA., 2008.
Abel, D.L. Is Life Reducible to Complexity? In Fundamentals of Life, Palyi, G.; Zucchi, C.; Caglioti, L., Eds. Elsevier: Paris, 2002; pp 57-72.
Abel, D.L. In Is Life Reducible to Complexity?, Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millennial World Meeting of University Professors, Modena, Italy, 2000; Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia: Modena, Italy, 2000; pp 3-4.[pdf 2]
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Self-Organization vs. Self-Ordering events in life-origin models. Physics of Life Reviews 2006, 3, 211-228.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1571064506000224
Abel, D.L., Constraints vs. Controls.
Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal, 2010, 4:14-27
http://www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V004/14TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at
http://www.bentham-open.org/pages/content.php?TOCSJ/2008/00000002/00000001/252TOCSJ.PDF
Abel, D.L. Life origin: The role of complexity at the edge of chaos. In Washington Science 2006, Chandler, J.; Kay, P., Eds. Headquarters of the National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA 2006. Downloadable PowerPoint lecture available from life@us.net
Abel, D.L. 2012, Moving 'far from equilibrium' in a prebitoic environment: The role of Maxwell’s Demon in life origin. In Genesis - In the Beginning: Precursors of Life, Chemical Models and Early Biological Evolution Seckbach, J.Gordon, R., Eds. Springer: Dordrecht.
Trevors, J.T.; Abel, D.L. Chance and necessity do not explain the origin of life. Cell Biology International 2004, 28, 729-739.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1065699504001416
See also:
Abel, D.L. To what degree can we reduce "life" without "loss of life"? In Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millenial World Meeting of University Professors, Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena: Modena, Italy, 2000; Vol. Book of Abstracts, p 4. [pdf 3]
Abel, D.L. The GS (Genetic Selection) Principle. Frontiers in Bioscience 2009, 14, (January 1), 2959-2969.
http://www.bioscience.org/2009/v14/af/3426/fulltext.htm
Abel, D.L. The BioSemiosis of Prescriptive Information. Semiotica 2009 1-19
http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/de-gruyter/the-biosemiosis-of-prescriptive-information-7Hwt0CXMT7
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Three subsets of sequence complexity and their relevance to biopolymeric information. Theoretical Biology and Medical Modeling 2005, 2, Open access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/2/1/29. [pdf 13]
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than metaphor: Genomes are objective sign systems. Journal of BioSemiotics 2006, 1, (2), 253-267.
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than Metaphor: Genomes are Objective Sign Systems. In BioSemiotic Research Trends, Barbieri, M., Ed. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.: New York, 2007; pp 1-15
http://books.google.com/books?id=GvRmYbN3n6UC&printsec=frontcover&dq=biosemiotic+research+trends&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QQ0DT9W3O4X20gHv-bmzAg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=biosemiotic%20research%20trends&f=false
Durston, K.K.; Chiu, D.K.; Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Measuring the functional sequence complexity of proteins. Theor Biol Med Model 2007, 4, Free on-line access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/4/1/47.
Can Prescriptive Information (PI) be physical?
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2009, 9, 1-46. Open Access http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/10/1/247
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Self-Organization vs. Self-Ordering events in life-origin models. Physics of Life Reviews 2006, 3, 211-228.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1571064506000224
Abel, D.L., Constraints vs. Controls.
Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal, 2010, 4:14-27
http://www.benthamscience.com/open/tocsj/articles/V004/14TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. Is Life Reducible to Complexity? In Fundamentals of Life, Palyi, G.; Zucchi, C.; Caglioti, L., Eds. Elsevier: Paris, 2002; pp 57-72.
Trevors, J.T.; Abel, D.L. Chance and necessity do not explain the origin of life. Cell Biology International 2004, 28, 729-739. [pdf 18] Open access at http://www.cfdlab.ae.utexas.edu/~roystgnr/newarticles/Chance%2520&%2520RNA%2520world.pdf
Abel, D.L. The GS (Genetic Selection) Principle. Frontiers in Bioscience 2009, 14, (January 1), 2959-2969. http://www.bioscience.org/2009/v14/af/3426/fulltext.htm
Abel, D.L. The BioSemiosis of Prescriptive Information. Semiotica 2009 1-19
http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/de-gruyter/the-biosemiosis-of-prescriptive-information-7Hwt0CXMT7
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Three subsets of sequence complexity and their relevance to biopolymeric information. Theoretical Biology and Medical Modeling 2005, 2, Open access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/2/1/29.
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than metaphor: Genomes are objective sign systems. Journal of BioSemiotics 2006, 1, (2), 253-267.
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than Metaphor: Genomes are Objective Sign Systems. In BioSemiotic Research Trends, Barbieri, M., Ed. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.: New York, 2007; pp 1-15.
http://books.google.com/books?id=GvRmYbN3n6UC&printsec=frontcover&dq=biosemiotic+research+trends&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QQ0DT9W3O4X20gHv-bmzAg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=biosemiotic%20research%20trends&f=false
Durston, K.K.; Chiu, D.K.; Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Measuring the functional sequence complexity of proteins. Theor Biol Med Model 2007, 4, Free on-line access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/4/1/47. [pdf 17]
Abel, D.L. Complexity, self-organization, and emergence at the edge of chaos in life-origin models. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 2007, 93, (4), 1-20. [pdf reprint available from life@us.net]
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. In Society for Chaos Theory: Society for Complexity in Psychology and the Life Sciences, International conference at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA., 2008.
Abel, D.L. Life origin: The role of complexity at the edge of chaos. In Washington Science 2006, Chandler, J.; Kay, P., Eds. Headquarters of the National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA 2006. Downloadable PowerPoint lecture:
Abel, D.L. In Is Life Reducible to Complexity?, Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millennial World Meeting of University Professors, Modena, Italy, 2000; Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia: Modena, Italy, 2000; pp 3-4.
Abel, D.L. To what degree can we reduce "life" without "loss of life"? In Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millenial World Meeting of University Professors, Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena: Modena, Italy, 2000; Vol. Book of Abstracts, p 4. [pdf 3]
Trevors, J.T.; Abel, D.L. Chance and necessity do not explain the origin of life. Cell Biology International 2004, 28, 729-739.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1065699504001416
Can physicality produce formalisms?
Main Papers and Conference Lectures:
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2009, 9, 1-46. Open Access http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/10/1/247
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Self-Organization vs. Self-Ordering events in life-origin models. Physics of Life Reviews 2006, 3, 211-228.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1571064506000224
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L., Constraints vs. Controls.
Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal, 2010, 4:14-27
http://www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V004/14TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. Is Life Reducible to Complexity? In Fundamentals of Life, Palyi, G.; Zucchi, C.; Caglioti, L., Eds. Elsevier: Paris, 2002; pp 57-72.
Trevors, J.T.; Abel, D.L. Chance and necessity do not explain the origin of life. Cell Biology International 2004, 28, 729-739.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1065699504001416
Abel, D.L. The GS (Genetic Selection) Principle. Frontiers in Bioscience 2009, 14, (January 1), 2959-2969. http://www.bioscience.org/2009/v14/af/3426/fulltext.htm
Abel, D.L. The BioSemiosis of Prescriptive Information. Semiotica 2009 1-19
http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/de-gruyter/the-biosemiosis-of-prescriptive-information-7Hwt0CXMT7
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Three subsets of sequence complexity and their relevance to biopolymeric information. Theoretical Biology and Medical Modeling 2005, 2, Open access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/2/1/29.
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than metaphor: Genomes are objective sign systems. Journal of BioSemiotics 2006, 1, (2), 253-267.
Durston, K.K.; Chiu, D.K.; Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Measuring the functional sequence complexity of proteins. Theor Biol Med Model 2007, 4, Free on-line access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/4/1/47.
Abel, D.L. Complexity, self-organization, and emergence at the edge of chaos in life-origin models. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 2007, 93, (4), 1-20. [pdf reprint available from life@us.net]
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. In Society for Chaos Theory: Society for Complexity in Psychology and the Life Sciences, International conference at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA., 2008. [pdf 12] [ppt file 19]
Abel, D.L. Life origin: The role of complexity at the edge of chaos. In Washington Science 2006, Chandler, J.; Kay, P., Eds. Headquarters of the National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA 2006. Downloadable PowerPoint lecture available from life@us.net
Abel, D.L. In Is Life Reducible to Complexity?, Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millennial World Meeting of University Professors, Modena, Italy, 2000; Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia: Modena, Italy, 2000; pp 3-4.[pdf 2]
Abel, D.L. To what degree can we reduce "life" without "loss of life"? In Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millenial World Meeting of University Professors, Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena: Modena, Italy, 2000; Vol. Book of Abstracts, p 4.
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2009, 9, 1-46. Open Access http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/10/1/247
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Self-Organization vs. Self-Ordering events in life-origin models. Physics of Life Reviews 2006, 3, 211-228.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1571064506000224
Abel, D.L., Constraints vs. Controls.
Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal, 2010, 4:14-27
http://www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V004/14TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. Is Life Reducible to Complexity? In Fundamentals of Life, Palyi, G.; Zucchi, C.; Caglioti, L., Eds. Elsevier: Paris, 2002; pp 57-72. [pdf 4]
Trevors, J.T.; Abel, D.L. Chance and necessity do not explain the origin of life. Cell Biology International 2004, 28, 729-739.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1065699504001416
Abel, D.L. The GS (Genetic Selection) Principle. Frontiers in Bioscience 2009, 14, (January 1), 2959-2969.
http://www.bioscience.org/2009/v14/af/3426/fulltext.htm
Abel, D.L. The BioSemiosis of Prescriptive Information. Semiotica 2009 1-19
http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/de-gruyter/the-biosemiosis-of-prescriptive-information-7Hwt0CXMT7
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Three subsets of sequence complexity and their relevance to biopolymeric information. Theoretical Biology and Medical Modeling 2005, 2, Open access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/2/1/29. [pdf 13]
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than Metaphor: Genomes are Objective Sign Systems. In BioSemiotic Research Trends, Barbieri, M., Ed. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.: New York, 2007; pp 1-15.
http://books.google.com/books?id=GvRmYbN3n6UC&printsec=frontcover&dq=biosemiotic+research+trends&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QQ0DT9W3O4X20gHv-bmzAg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=biosemiotic%20research%20trends&f=false
Durston, K.K.; Chiu, D.K.; Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Measuring the functional sequence complexity of proteins. Theor Biol Med Model 2007, 4, Free on-line access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/4/1/47. [pdf 17]
Abel, D.L. Complexity, self-organization, and emergence at the edge of chaos in life-origin models. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 2007, 93, (4), 1-20.
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. In Society for Chaos Theory: Society for Complexity in Psychology and the Life Sciences, International conference at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA., 2008. [pdf 12]
Abel, D.L. Life origin: The role of complexity at the edge of chaos. In Washington Science 2006, Chandler, J.; Kay, P., Eds. Headquarters of the National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA 2006. Downloadable PowerPoint lecture available from life@us.net
Abel, D.L. In Is Life Reducible to Complexity?, Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millennial World Meeting of University Professors, Modena, Italy, 2000; Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia: Modena, Italy, 2000; pp 3-4.[pdf 2]
Abel, D.L. 2011, Moving 'far from equilibrium' in a prebitoic environment: The role of Maxwell’s Demon in life origin. In Genesis - In the Beginning: Precursors of Life, Chemical Models and Early Biological Evolution Seckbach, J.Gordon, R., Eds. Springer: Dordrecht.
Abel, D.L. To what degree can we reduce "life" without "loss of life"? In Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millenial World Meeting of University Professors, Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena: Modena, Italy, 2000; Vol. Book of Abstracts, p 4. [pdf 3]
Physicodynamically Indeterminant
Configurable Switch-Settings
Main Papers and Conference Lectures:
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2009, 9, 1-46. Open Access http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/10/1/247
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Self-Organization vs. Self-Ordering events in life-origin models. Physics of Life Reviews 2006, 3, 211-228.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1571064506000224
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. Is Life Reducible to Complexity? In Fundamentals of Life, Palyi, G.; Zucchi, C.; Caglioti, L., Eds. Elsevier: Paris, 2002; pp 57-72.
Trevors, J.T.; Abel, D.L. Chance and necessity do not explain the origin of life. Cell Biology International 2004, 28, 729-739.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1065699504001416
Abel, D.L. The GS (Genetic Selection) Principle. Frontiers in Bioscience 2009, 14, (January 1), 2959-2969. http://www.bioscience.org/2009/v14/af/3426/fulltext.htm
Abel, D.L. The BioSemiosis of Prescriptive Information. Semiotica 2009 1-19
http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/de-gruyter/the-biosemiosis-of-prescriptive-information-7Hwt0CXMT7
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Three subsets of sequence complexity and their relevance to biopolymeric information. Theoretical Biology and Medical Modeling 2005, 2, Open access at
http://www.tbiomed.com/content/2/1/29. [pdf 13]
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than metaphor: Genomes are objective sign systems. Journal of BioSemiotics 2006, 1, (2), 253-267.
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than Metaphor: Genomes are Objective Sign Systems. In BioSemiotic Research Trends, Barbieri, M., Ed. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.: New York, 2007; pp 1-15.
http://books.google.com/books?id=GvRmYbN3n6UC&printsec=frontcover&dq=biosemiotic+research+trends&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QQ0DT9W3O4X20gHv-bmzAg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=biosemiotic%20research%20trends&f=false
Durston, K.K.; Chiu, D.K.; Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Measuring the functional sequence complexity of proteins. Theor Biol Med Model 2007, 4, Free on-line access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/4/1/47. [pdf 17]
Abel, D.L. Complexity, self-organization, and emergence at the edge of chaos in life-origin models. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 2007, 93, (4), 1-20. [pdf 7]
Abel, D.L., Constraints vs. Controls.
Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal, 2010, 4:14-27
http://www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/openaccess2.htm, Vol 4, third one down
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. In Society for Chaos Theory: Society for Complexity in Psychology and the Life Sciences, International conference at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA., 2008. [pdf 12] [ppt file 19]
Abel, D.L. Life origin: The role of complexity at the edge of chaos. In Washington Science 2006, Chandler, J.; Kay, P., Eds. Headquarters of the National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA 2006. Downloadable PowerPoint lecture: [ppt file 6]
Abel, D.L. In Is Life Reducible to Complexity?, Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millennial World Meeting of University Professors, Modena, Italy, 2000; Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia: Modena, Italy, 2000; pp 3-4.[pdf 2]
Abel, D.L. To what degree can we reduce "life" without "loss of life"? In Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millenial World Meeting of University Professors, Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena: Modena, Italy, 2000; Vol. Book of Abstracts, p 4. [pdf 3]
Decision Nodes and Logic Gates
Main Papers and Conference Lectures
Abel, D.L. The BioSemiosis of Prescriptive Information. Semiotica 2009 1-19
http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/de-gruyter/the-biosemiosis-of-prescriptive-information-7Hwt0CXMT7
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2009, 9, 1-46. Open Access
http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/10/1/247
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Self-Organization vs. Self-Ordering events in life-origin models. Physics of Life Reviews 2006, 3, 211-228.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1571064506000224
Abel, D.L., Constraints vs. Controls.
Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal, 2010, 4:14-27
http://www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V004/14TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. Is Life Reducible to Complexity? In Fundamentals of Life, Palyi, G.; Zucchi, C.; Caglioti, L., Eds. Elsevier: Paris, 2002; pp 57-72. [pdf 4]
Trevors, J.T.; Abel, D.L. Chance and necessity do not explain the origin of life. Cell Biology International 2004, 28, 729-739.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1065699504001416
Abel, D.L. The GS (Genetic Selection) Principle. Frontiers in Bioscience 2009, 14, (January 1), 2959-2969. http://www.bioscience.org/2009/v14/af/3426/fulltext.htm
Abel, D.L. The BioSemiosis of Prescriptive Information. Semiotica 2009 1-19
http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/de-gruyter/the-biosemiosis-of-prescriptive-information-7Hwt0CXMT7
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Three subsets of sequence complexity and their relevance to biopolymeric information. Theoretical Biology and Medical Modeling 2005, 2, Open access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/2/1/29.
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than metaphor: Genomes are objective sign systems. Journal of BioSemiotics 2006, 1, (2), 253-267.
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than Metaphor: Genomes are Objective Sign Systems. In BioSemiotic Research Trends, Barbieri, M., Ed. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.: New York, 2007; pp 1-15.
http://books.google.com/books?id=GvRmYbN3n6UC&printsec=frontcover&dq=biosemiotic+research+trends&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QQ0DT9W3O4X20gHv-bmzAg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=biosemiotic%20research%20trends&f=false
Durston, K.K.; Chiu, D.K.; Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Measuring the functional sequence complexity of proteins. Theor Biol Med Model 2007, 4, Free on-line access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/4/1/47.
Abel, D.L. Complexity, self-organization, and emergence at the edge of chaos in life-origin models. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 2007, 93, (4), 1-20. [pdf reprint available from life@us.net]
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. In Society for Chaos Theory: Society for Complexity in Psychology and the Life Sciences, International conference at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA., 2008. [pdf 12] [ppt file 19]
Abel, D.L. Life origin: The role of complexity at the edge of chaos. In Washington Science 2006, Chandler, J.; Kay, P., Eds. Headquarters of the National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA 2006. Downloadable PowerPoint lecture: [ppt file 6]
Abel, D.L. In Is Life Reducible to Complexity?, Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millennial World Meeting of University Professors, Modena, Italy, 2000; Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia: Modena, Italy, 2000; pp 3-4.[pdf 2]
Trevors, J.T.; Abel, D.L. Chance and necessity do not explain the origin of life. Cell Biology International 2004, 28, 729-739.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1065699504001416
Abel, D.L. To what degree can we reduce "life" without "loss of life"? In Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millenial World Meeting of University Professors, Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena: Modena, Italy, 2000; Vol. Book of Abstracts, p 4. [pdf 3]
Directed evolution
Main Papers and Conference Lectures
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2009, 9, 1-46. Open Access http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/10/1/247
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Self-Organization vs. Self-Ordering events in life-origin models. Physics of Life Reviews 2006, 3, 211-228. [pdf 15]
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B75DC-4M3J0X8-1&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=5ff1765a7e3edb2caafe25561554f5e2
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L., Constraints vs. Controls.
Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal, 2010, 4:14-27
http://www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V004/14TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. Is Life Reducible to Complexity? In Fundamentals of Life, Palyi, G.; Zucchi, C.; Caglioti, L., Eds. Elsevier: Paris, 2002; pp 57-72. [pdf 4]
Trevors, J.T.; Abel, D.L. Chance and necessity do not explain the origin of life. Cell Biology International 2004, 28, 729-739. [pdf 18] Open access at http://www.cfdlab.ae.utexas.edu/~roystgnr/newarticles/Chance%2520&%2520RNA%2520world.pdf
Abel, D.L. The GS (Genetic Selection) Principle. Frontiers in Bioscience 2009, 14, (January 1), 2959-2969. http://www.bioscience.org/2009/v14/af/3426/fulltext.htm
Abel, D.L. The BioSemiosis of Prescriptive Information. Semiotica 2009 1-19
http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/de-gruyter/the-biosemiosis-of-prescriptive-information-7Hwt0CXMT7
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Three subsets of sequence complexity and their relevance to biopolymeric information. Theoretical Biology and Medical Modeling 2005, 2, Open access at
http://www.tbiomed.com/content/2/1/29
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than metaphor: Genomes are objective sign systems. Journal of BioSemiotics 2006, 1, (2), 253-267.
http://books.google.com/books?id=GvRmYbN3n6UC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. More than Metaphor: Genomes are Objective Sign Systems. In BioSemiotic Research Trends, Barbieri, M., Ed. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.: New York, 2007; pp 1-15.
http://books.google.com/books?id=GvRmYbN3n6UC&printsec=frontcover&dq=biosemiotic+research+trends&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QQ0DT9W3O4X20gHv-bmzAg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=biosemiotic%20research%20trends&f=false
Durston, K.K.; Chiu, D.K.; Abel, D.L.; Trevors, J.T. Measuring the functional sequence complexity of proteins. Theor Biol Med Model 2007, 4, Free on-line access at http://www.tbiomed.com/content/4/1/47. [pdf 17]
Abel, D.L. Complexity, self-organization, and emergence at the edge of chaos in life-origin models. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 2007, 93, (4), 1-20. [pdf reprint available from life@us.net]
Abel, D.L. The capabilities of chaos and complexity. In Society for Chaos Theory: Society for Complexity in Psychology and the Life Sciences, International conference at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA., 2008. [pdf 12] [ppt file 19]
Abel, D.L. Life origin: The role of complexity at the edge of chaos. In Washington Science 2006, Chandler, J.; Kay, P., Eds. Headquarters of the National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA 2006. Downloadable PowerPoint lecture: [ppt file 6]
Abel, D.L. In Is Life Reducible to Complexity?, Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millennial World Meeting of University Professors, Modena, Italy, 2000; Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia: Modena, Italy, 2000; pp 3-4.[pdf 2]
Abel, D.L. To what degree can we reduce "life" without "loss of life"? In Workshop on Life: a satellite meeting before the Millenial World Meeting of University Professors, Palyi, G.; Caglioti, L.; Zucchi, C., Eds. University of Modena: Modena, Italy, 2000; Vol. Book of Abstracts, p 4. [pdf 3]
Chance Contingency vs. Choice Contingency
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L., Constraints vs. Controls.
Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal, 2010, 4:14-27
http://www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V004/14TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. 2011, Moving 'far from equilibrium' in a prebitoic environment: The role of Maxwell’s Demon in life origin. In Genesis - In the Beginning: Precursors of Life, Chemical Models and Early Biological Evolution Seckbach, J.Gordon, R., Eds. Springer: Dordrecht.
Laws vs. Rules
Abel, D.L., Constraints vs. Controls.
Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal, 2010, 4:14-27
http://www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V004/14TOCSJ.pdf
Primordial BioSemiosis (ProtoBioSemiosis)
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Primordial Biocybernetics (ProtoBioCybernetics)
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Symbol systems; Sign systems
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Tokens and Physical Symbol Vehicles
Steering, Control, Governance: Cybernetics
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L., Constraints vs. Controls.
Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal, 2010, 4:14-27
http://www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V004/14TOCSJ.pdf
Selection of existing function vs.
Selection for potential function
Prescriptive Information (PI) vs mutual entropy
Evolutionay Algorithms
Abel, D.L., Constraints vs. Controls.
Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal, 2010, 4:14-27
http://www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V004/14TOCSJ.pdf
Trevors, J.T.; Abel, D.L. Chance and necessity do not explain the origin of life. Cell Biology International 2004, 28, 729-739.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1065699504001416
Hypercycles
Duplication plus variation as a source of new
Prescriptive Information (PI)
The F > P Principle
Maxwell’s Demon
Abel, D.L. 2011, Moving 'far from equilibrium' in a prebitoic environment: The role of Maxwell’s Demon in life origin. In Genesis - In the Beginning: Precursors of Life, Chemical Models and Early Biological Evolution Seckbach, J.Gordon, R., Eds. Springer: Dordrecht.
Formalism vs. Physicality
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Cybernetic complexity vs. Combinatorial complexity
Abel, D.L. The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory. The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244 Open Access at www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/articles/V002/252TOCSJ.pdf
Artificial Life (ALife)
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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