Signals and Boundaries
Building Blocks for Complex Adaptive Systems
$68.75
- Paperback
316 pages
- Release Date
10 January 2014
Summary
An overarching framework for comparing and steering complex adaptive systems is developed through understanding the mechanisms that generate their intricate signal/boundary hierarchies.
Complex adaptive systems (cas), including ecosystems, governments, biological cells, and markets, are characterized by intricate hierarchical arrangements of boundaries and signals. In ecosystems, for example, niches act as semi-permeable boundaries, and smells and visual patterns serve as signals; gov…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262525930 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262525933 |
| Author: | John H. Holland |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 316 |
| Release Date: | 10 January 2014 |
| Weight: | 318g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 137mm x 203mm |
| Series: | Signals and Boundaries |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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John H. Holland
John H. Holland is Professor of Psychology and Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan; he is also Trustee and External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute. He is the author of Hidden Order: How Adaptation Builds Complexity and other books.
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