Advances in Applied Self-Organizing Systems
How do we design a self-organizing system? Is it possible to validate and control non-deterministic dynamics? What is the right balance between the emergent patterns that bring robustness, adaptability and scalability, and the traditional need for verific
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Advances in Applied SelfOrganizing Systems Second Edition
Editor Mikhail Prokopenko ICT Centre CSIRO Marsfield, NSW Australia
ISSN 1610-3947 Advanced Information and Knowledge Processing ISBN 978-1-4471-5112-8 ISBN 978-1-4471-5113-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4471-5113-5 Springer London Heidelberg New York Dordrecht Library of Congress Control Number: 2013938780 © Springer-Verlag London 2008, 2013 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
It has been 60 years since the first time that a system was termed “self-organizing” in modern scientific literature.1 During this time, the concept of self-organization developed in many directions and affected diverse fields, ranging from biology to physics to social sciences. For example, in his seminal book “At home in the Universe”, Stuart Kauffman argued that natural selection and self-organization are two complementary forces necessary for evolution: “If biologists have ignored selforganization, it is not because self-ordering is not pervasive and profound. It is because we biologis
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