[System theoretical aspects of senescence (author's transl)].
If senescence is identified with system failure, then we must consider the possibility that there exist modes of failure which do not arise from local subsystem failures. We show that any system manifesting a feed forward mode of control will in general exhibit senescence. Together with the concept of vitality a number of results are drawn from this argument especially for the calculation of the biological age.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008875:Middle Aged; D008954:Models, Biological; D013598:Systems Theory
Systemtheoretische Aspekte der Seneszenz.