"Self-organization [is] the appearance of structure or pattern without an external agent imposing it."
— Organization

January 1, 1970

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Francis Heylighen (2001) "The science of self-organization and adaptivity" in: The Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems 5 (3), p. 253-280