In Part II, we deal with DNA sequence treated as a complex adaptive system and some possible correlation of certain parameters with evolution. HOME Journals Catalogue Journal Cover Page Issue Contents Journal of Quantitative Linguistics 2000, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. Following a prescription for 'effective complexity' of a system by Gell-Mann, we defined earlier a complexity function C for a linguistic discourse. The model used physical principles of maximum entropy and degeneracy from classical and quantum statistical mechanics. Entropy, order and complexity parameters for DNA are numerically similar to those obtained for language.
Some parameters show significant correlation with evolutionary age of the species.
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