NETWORK SYNTHESIS AND VARELA'S CALCULUS
Louis Hirsch Kauffman · International Journal of General Systems · 1978
Network models are given for self-referential expressions in the calculus of indications (of G. Spencer Brown). A precise model is presented for the behavior of such expressions in time. The extension of Brown's calculus by F. Varela is then shown to describe behavior invariant properties of these networks. Network design is discussed from this viewpoint