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Area of Science:

  • Complex Systems Science
  • Information Geometry
  • Statistical Physics

Background:

  • Defining and quantifying complexity in systems remains a significant challenge.
  • Existing complexity measures often lack a unified theoretical foundation.
  • Understanding system behavior requires analyzing interactions at various descriptive scales.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel geometric approach for quantifying system complexity.
  • To establish a theoretical framework for complexity measures based on interaction hierarchies.
  • To provide a new interpretation for previously proposed complexity measures.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing information geometry to analyze system decomposition.
  • Developing a theory of complexity measures for finite random fields.
  • Employing a framework of hierarchies of exponential families.

Main Results:

  • A geometric principle for complexity is established, emphasizing multi-scale interactions.
  • A mathematical theory for complexity measures is presented within a hierarchical framework.
  • Previously proposed complexity measures are integrated and reinterpreted.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed geometric approach offers a unified perspective on system complexity.
  • Complexity is fundamentally linked to interactions across different scales of description.
  • The framework provides a robust mathematical foundation for analyzing complex systems.