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januari 30, 2004
Ingenjörer bör studera komplexa system
Nature-artikeln Engineering complex systems (registrering krävs) är en uppmaning att även ingenjörskonsten bör ägna sig åt studier av komplexa system.
Complex systems can be identified by what they do (display organization without a central organizing authority — emergence), and also by how they may or may not be analysed (as decomposing the system and analysing sub-parts do not necessarily give a clue as to the behaviour of the whole). Systems that fall within the scope of complex systems include metabolic pathways, ecosystems, the web, the US power grid and the propagation of HIV infections.
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Despite significant recent advances in our understanding of complex systems, the field is still in flux, and there is still is a lack of consensus as to where the centre is — for some, it is exclusively cellular automata; for others it is networks. However, the landscape is bubbling with activity, and now is the time to get involved. Engineering should be at the centre of these developments, and contribute to the development of new theory and tools.
Se även Julio M. Ottino (artikelförfattaren) och dennes forskningsgrupp Complex Systems and Nonlinear Dynamics in Fluids and Granular Materials
Tack Erik för pekningen.
Posted by hakank at januari 30, 2004 11:53 FM Posted to Komplexitet/emergens