Reply to Comments on "Simple measure for complexity"

Citation
Js. Shiner et al., Reply to Comments on "Simple measure for complexity", PHYS REV E, 62(2), 2000, pp. 3000-3003
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW E
ISSN journal
1063651X → ACNP
Volume
62
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Part
B
Pages
3000 - 3003
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(200008)62:2<3000:RTCO"M>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We respond to the comment by Crutchfield, Feldman, and Shalizi [Comment in this issue, Phys. Rev. E 62, 2996 (2000)] and that by Binder and Ferry [pre ceding Comment, Phys. Rev. E 62, 2998 (2000)], pointing out that there may be many maximum entropies, and therefore "disorders" and "simple complexiti es." Which ones are appropriate depend on the questions being addressed. '' Disorder'' is not restricted to be the ratio of a nonequilibrium entropy to the corresponding equilibrium entropy; therefore, "simple complexity" need not vanish for all equilibrium systems, nor must it be nonvanishing for a nonequilibrium system.