UMBC CMSC 691E, Fall 2003
Notes from class, 8/28/03
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Abstract patterns that arise from complex systems of (possibly simple) low-level individual behaviors and interactions |
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Interesting/surprising patterns of behavior |
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Unexpected behavior |
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Local rules leading to complex global behaviors |
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Inherently unpredictable?? |
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Naturally occurring. (Must they be? Not The Wave!) |
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Seen in multiple contexts, arise from different starting states |
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Global properties (emergent) are not inherent from the lower-level properties of the system. (Or they *are* inherent, but aren't *predictable* -- in what sense?) |
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Arise on multiple levels of abstraction / at multiple time scales |
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Aggregation |
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Collaboration or competition |
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Natural selection (live or die as a result) |
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Things a Person Might Name (Galaxy: yes! 10,000 Stars: no!) |