Self-Organizing Systems: The Emergence of Order - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0306421453 ISBN 13 : 9780306421457

Editeur : Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, 1988

Synopsis

Technological systems become organized by commands from outside, as when human intentions lead to the building of structures or machines. But many nat- ural systems become structured by their own internal processes: these are the self- organizing systems, and the emergence of order within them is a complex phe- nomenon that intrigues scientists from all disciplines. Unfortunately, complexity is ill-defined. Global explanatory constructs, such as cybernetics or general sys- tems theory, which were intended to cope with complexity, produced instead a grandiosity that has now, mercifully, run its course and died. Most of us have become wary of proposals for an "integrated, systems approach" to complex matters; yet we must come to grips with complexity some- how. Now is a good time to reexamine complex systems to determine whether or not various scientific specialties can discover common principles or properties in them. If they do, then a fresh, multidisciplinary attack on the difficulties would be a valid scientific task. Believing that complexity is a proper scientific issue, and that self-organizing systems are the foremost example, R. Tomovic, Z. Damjanovic, and I arranged a conference (August 26-September 1, 1979) in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, to address self-organizing systems. We invited 30 participants from seven countries. Included were biologists, geologists, physicists, chemists, mathematicians, bio- physicists, and control engineers. Participants were asked not to bring manu- scripts, but, rather, to present positions on an assigned topic. Any writing would be done after the conference, when the writers could benefit from their experi- ences there.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers
• Date d'édition: 1988
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0306421453
• ISBN 13: 9780306421457
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 684
• Éditeur: Yates F.Eugene
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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