1. CH-5: Network Throughflow Maximization
Network aggradation processes generate maximum intrasystem
throughflows at steady state. This can be taken as one of the growth-
and-development “objectives” of self-organization. Throughflow reflects
kinetic “activity” and performance of work, and these are the antithesis
of the randomness and stasis associated with the maximum entropy
condition. Patten (2016b) showed, employing a structured sequence of
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