Table 1.
Triangles describing persistent systems.
| Persistent system | Trade-off strategiesa | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General | Economy | Flexibility | Robustness | Yafremava et al., 2013 |
| Network | Heterogeneity | Modularity | Randomness | Caetano-Anollés et al., 2021 |
| Communication | Persuasion (Quantity) | Attraction (Quality) | Relevance (Relation) | Caetano-Anollés, 2021 |
| Molecular | Catalyst | Machine | Gatekeeper | Caetano-Anollés & Caetano-Anollés, 2015 |
| Virus life cycle | Dependency | Propagation | Dormancy | Nasir, Kim, & Caetano-Anollés, 2017 |
| Epidemic calendar | Behaviour | Physiology | Environment | Present proposal |
a
Definitions of Economy, Flexibility and Robustness strategies of the general framework can be found in the Glossary.