Systemics of Emergence: Research and Development

Systemics of Emergence: Research and Development is a volume devoted to exploring the core theoretical and disciplinary research problems of emergence processes from which systems are established. It focuses on emergence as the key point of any systemic p

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SYSTEMICS OF EMERGENCE

SYSTEMICS OF EMERGENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Edited by

Gianfranco Minati, Eliano Pessa and Mario Abram

SYSTEMICS OF EMERGENCE: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

SYSTEMICS OF EMERGENCE: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Edited by

Gianfranco Minati\ Eliano Pessa^ and Mario Abram^ ^Italian Systems Society, Milano, Italy ^University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Spriinger

Gianfranco Minati Italian Systems Society Milan, Italy

Eliano Pessa University of Pavia Pavia, Italy

Mario Abram Italian Systems Society Milan, Italy

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data ISBN-10: 0-387-28899-6 (HB) ISBN-10: 0-387-28898-8 (e-book)

ISBN-13: 978-0387-28899-4 (HB) ISBN-13: 978-0387-28898-7 (e-book)

© 2006 by Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science -iBusiness Media, Inc., 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now know or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks and similar terms, even if the are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed in the United States of America.

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Contents

Program Committee

xi

Contributing Authors

xiii

Preface

xv

Acknowledgments

xix

OPENING LECTURE

1

Uncertainty and Information: Emergence of Vast New Territories

3

G. J. KLIR

APPLICATIONS

29

Complexity in Universe Dynamic Evolution. Part 1 - Present state and future evolution

31

U. Di CAPRIO

Complexity in Universe Dynamic Evolution. Part 2 - Preceding history 51 U. Di CAPRIO

Mistake Making Machines G. MINATI AND G. VlTIELLO

67

vi

Systemics of Emergence: Research and Development

Explicit Velocity for Modelling Surface Complex Flows with Cellular Automata and Applications M. V. AVOLIO, G. M. CRISCI, D . D'AMBROSIO,

79

S. Di GREGORIO, G . IOVINE, V . LUPIANO, R . RONGO, W. SPATARO AND G . A . TRUNFIO

Analysis of Fingerprints Through a Reactive Agent

93

A. MONTESANTO, G. TASCINI, P. BALDASSARRI AND L. SANTINELLI

User Centered Portal Design: A Case Study in Web Usability

105

M. P. PENNA, V. STARA AND D . COSTENARO

BIOLOGY AND HUMAN CARE

115

Logic and Context in Schizophrenia

117

P. L. BANDINELLI, C . PALMA, M . P . PENNA AND E . PESSA

The "Hope Capacity" in the Care Process and the Patient-Physician Relationship

133

A, RlCCIUTI

Puntonet 2003. A multidisciplinary and Systemic Approach in Training Disabled People Within the Experience of Villa S. Ignazio 147 D. FORTIN, V. DURINI AND M. N A R D O N

Intelligence and Complexity Management: From Physiology to Pathology. Experimental Evidence