The Emergence of Complexity
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Beschreibung
This book considers the question how complex systems suddenly emerge
during the course of evolution and why the long-winded evolution of
systems and species is interspersed with short phases of fast revolutions.
Based on an agent based view of complex systems, the author gives well
illustrated explanations for the emergence of complexity and describes
how systems become more and more complex. From ancient cultures to
modern states and from the earliest primitive organisms to self-conscious
human beings, the text explores the widest range of phenomena with the
fewest possible principles.
All Multi-Agent Systems have a natural system boundary, the agent itself.
As the word "emergence" suggests, the emergence of complexity is always
possible at system boundaries, which enable the transfer of complexity
between different systems. Fitness barriers set the boundaries of evolution.
Revolutions in evolution are possible because evolution gets stuck from time
to time when a large fitness barrier is reached. Evolution waits until massive
catastrophes break these barriers or single agents are able to cross them
through a tunneling process.
Autor*in
Jochen Fromm
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