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Autopoietic Theory as a Framework for Biometrics

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  • Markus Schatten

    (Faculty of Organization and Informatics – University of Zagreb)

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Autopoietic theory which represents a framework for describing complex non-linear and especially living systems is described in a context of biometric characteristics. It is argued that any living system by performing an internal process of reproducing its structural components yields physical biometric characteristics. Likewise any living system when structurally coupling to another (eventually allopoietic) system yields a behavioral or psychological characteristic of the living system. It is shown that any system that can be considered as autopoietic can potentially be measured, authenticated and/or identified using adequate biometric methods, and thus biometrics is applicable to any autopoietic system: living beings, groups of living beings, social systems, organizations as well as information systems. In the end implications of such a conceptualization are discussed as well as possible applications.

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  • Markus Schatten, 2008. "Autopoietic Theory as a Framework for Biometrics," Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems - scientific journal, Croatian Interdisciplinary Society Provider Homepage: http://indecs.eu, vol. 6(2), pages 74-79.
    • Handle: RePEc:zna:indecs:v:6:y:2008:i:2:p:74-79
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    1. Markus Schatten, 2013. "What do Croatian Scientist Write about? A Social and Conceptual Network Analysis of the Croatian Scientific Bibliography," Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems - scientific journal, Croatian Interdisciplinary Society Provider Homepage: http://indecs.eu, vol. 11(2), pages 190-208.

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    Keywords

    autopoiesis; biometrics; structural coupling; component reproduction;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q57 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Ecological Economics

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