title: Measuring the temporal extension of the Now.
abstract: Anticipatory systems require a model of time which takes account of both successive and simultaneous rhythms. Such a model should also incorporate the fact that both past and future determine the present state of anticipatory systems across multiple scales, from physical to biological and social ones. My Theory of Fractal Time meets these requirements and enables us to compare the Now's temporal complexity of endo-observer-participants in terms of their boundary complexity.
authors.affiliation: The Institute for Fractal Research, Ernst-Ludwig-Ring 2, 61231 Bad Nauheim, Germany. Electronic address: Susanne.Vrobel@t-online.de.
authors.forename: Susie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vrobel
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001703:Biophysics / Q000379:methods; D003198:Computer Simulation; D017709:Fractals; D008433:Mathematics; D008954:Models, Biological; D008967:Molecular Biology / Q000379:methods*; D049490:Systems Biology / Q000379:methods*; D018511:Systems Integration; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: Anticipatory system; Boundary complexity; Endo-observer-participant; Fractal time