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An approach to the problems of complexity and hierarchy with an application to a detection problem

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Feedback Control, Nonlinear Systems, and Complexity

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering and Centre for Intelligent Machines, McGill University, Canada

    P. E. Caines, T. Mackling, C. MartĂ­nez-MascarĂșa & Y. J. Wei

  2. Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Canada

    P. E. Caines

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Caines, P.E., Mackling, T., MartĂ­nez-MascarĂșa, C., Wei, Y.J. (1995). An approach to the problems of complexity and hierarchy with an application to a detection problem. In: Francis, B.A., Tannenbaum, A.R. (eds) Feedback Control, Nonlinear Systems, and Complexity. Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, vol 202. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0027669

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