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\section{Introduction}
Biological and ecological systems dynamics generate novel information from the relevant interactions among components. Interactions determine the future of systems and its complex behavior. Novel information limits predictability, as it is not included in initial
or boundary conditions. It can be said that this novel information is emergent since it is not in the components, but produced by their interactions. Interactions can also be used by components to self-organize, i.e. produce a global pattern from local dynamics.
The balance between change (chaos) and stability (order) states has been proposed as a characteristic of complexity. Since more chaotic systems produce more information (emergence) and more stable systems are more organized, complexity can be defined as
the balance between emergence and self-organization. In addition, there are two properties that support the above processes: homeostasis refers to regularity of states in the system and autopoiesis that reflects autonomy.
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