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Complex Adaptive Systems - Views from the Physical, Natural, and Social Sciences (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
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Complex Adaptive Systems - Views from the Physical, Natural, and Social Sciences (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Series: Understanding Complex Systems
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This book emerged out of international conferences organized as
part of the AAAI Fall Symposia series, and the Swarmfest 2017
conference. It brings together researchers from diverse fields
studying these complex systems using CAS and agent-based modeling
tools and techniques. In the past, the knowledge gained in each
domain has largely remained exclusive to that domain. By bringing
together scholars who study these phenomena, the book takes
knowledge from one domain to provide insight into others. Most
interesting phenomena in natural and social systems include
constant transitions and oscillations among their various phases -
wars, companies, societies, markets, and humans rarely stay in a
stable, predictable state for long. Randomness, power laws, and
human behavior ensure that the future is both unknown and
challenging. How do events unfold? When do they take hold? Why do
some initial events cause an avalanche while others do not? What
characterizes these events? What are the thresholds that
differentiate a sea change from a non-event? Complex adaptive
systems (CAS) have proven to be a powerful tool for exploring these
and other related phenomena. The authors characterize a general CAS
model as having a large number of self-similar agents that: 1)
utilize one or more levels of feedback; 2) exhibit emergent
properties and self-organization; and 3) produce non-linear dynamic
behavior. Advances in modeling and computing technology have led
not only to a deeper understanding of complex systems in many
areas, but they have also raised the possibility that similar
fundamental principles may be at work across these systems, even
though the underlying principles may manifest themselves
differently.
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