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A link between biological and human sciences may be established, under the
condition that we should admit the existence of reciprocal influences betwe
en them. The model for the regulation of agonistic antagonistic couples (MR
AAC) is built from the study of biological systems and gives rise to specif
ic types of control. This model can be helpful in decision processes in som
e human sciences such as management, economical and political strategies. T
he reason for such an opportunity lies in the fact that MRAAC is a general
and phenomenological model able to incorporate the whole of the agonistic a
ntagonistic systems. This type of regulation might be related to the concep
t of the viability of a system (yet also valid for human science systems) a
nd to a functional and structural pattern which is the basis for agonistic
antagonistic networks.