Contribution to the Energetics of Evolution

Lotka, A. J. (1922). Contribution to the Energetics of Evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 8(6), 147-151.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1922

DOI

10.1073/pnas.8.6.147

Link

https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.8.6.147

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1 citation across 1 artifact.

Domain-specific

• Maximum power principle
  • The maximum power principle is the Lotka-Odum hypothesis that, among viable alternatives under continuing selection and environmental constraints, systems tend to favor organizations that maximize the rate of useful energy transformation or power output rather than maximum efficiency alone.

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