Signals and Boundaries: Building Blocks for Complex Adaptive Systems

by John H. Holland

Book Overview

An overarching framework for comparing and steering complex adaptive systems is developed through understanding the mechanisms that generate their intricate signal/boundary hierarchies.

Complex adaptive systems (cas), including ecosystems, governments, biological cells, and markets, are characterized by intricate hierarchical arrangements of boundaries and signals. In ecosystems, for example, niches act as semi-permeable boundaries, and smells...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262525933
• ISBN13: 9780262525930
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher