TY - JOUR AB - The enlistment of time is shown to become indispensable for the continued existence of complex systems in two ways. First, complexity forces the making of selections of meaningful combinations of modal forms that becomes possible through the use of time. Second, the empirical limits of the present and the degree of complexity with which it has to deal require further measures. VL - 19 IS - 4 SN - 0368-492X DO - 10.1108/eb005853 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb005853 AU - Bednarz John PY - 1990 Y1 - 1990/01/01 TI - System and Time: The Function of Time in Meaningā€constituting Systems T2 - Kybernetes PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 35 EP - 45 Y2 - 2024/04/26 ER -