| Abstract: | A basis is proposed for a theory of competition which will cover all its forms and all areas of social relationship where it occurs. Forms may be classified as either autonomic , in which entities are ordered or winners determined by the process itself; or decisive , in which results are determined by a decision-maker. The first category includes two subclasses: crescive , in which relative rates of growth determine winners, and Richardson competition, in which competitors seek to outachieve one another.—Editor |
