摘要翻译：
能够测量时间，无论是直接的还是间接的，对有机体来说都是一个显著的优势。它允许它预测正常的事件，并为它们做好准备。因此，时钟在生物学中是普遍存在的。在本文中，我们考虑了最小抽象纯时钟，并研究了它们的特性与它们的测量时间的能力。除其他外，我们发现了基本的直径时钟特性，如本地时间测量的振荡行为或基于衰减的时钟在全局尺度上测量时间周期。我们还包括独立时钟的级联（“时钟包”）和具有控制依赖性的复合时钟；后者显示了具有明显不同动力的各种制度。
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英文标题：
《Time as it could Be measured in Artificial Living Systems》
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作者：
Andrei D. Robu, Christoph Salge, Chrystopher L. Nehaniv and Daniel
  Polani
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最新提交年份：
2017
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分类信息：

一级分类：Quantitative Biology        数量生物学
二级分类：Other Quantitative Biology        其他定量生物学
分类描述：Work in quantitative biology that does not fit into the other q-bio classifications
不适合其他q-bio分类的定量生物学工作
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英文摘要：
  Being able to measure time, whether directly or indirectly, is a significant advantage for an organism. It permits it to predict regular events, and prepare for them on time. Thus, clocks are ubiquitous in biology. In the present paper, we consider the most minimal abstract pure clocks and investigate their characteristics with respect to their ability to measure time. Amongst other, we find fundamentally diametral clock characteristics, such as oscillatory behaviour for local time measurement or decay-based clocks measuring time periods in scales global to the problem. We include also cascades of independent clocks ("clock bags") and composite clocks with controlled dependency; the latter show various regimes of markedly different dynamics.
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PDF链接：
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1706.07091