Complexity theory can be described as:
a. the qualitative study of unstable aperiodic behaviour in deterministic non-linear dynamical systems.
b. the recognition that our reality is composed of a broad-based range of interrelated phenomena that may be both orderly and disorderly.
c. a process whereby larger entities, patterns and regularities arise through interactions among smaller or simpler entities that themselves do not exhibit such properties.
d. a logical system based on direct, systematic observation.
ANS: B
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