ICANNGA 2005 - 7th International Conference on Adaptive and Natural Computing Algorithms to be held at University of Coimbra, Portugal, March 21st to 23rd,...
In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics are always modern. - Lord Edward Lytton Books, like friends,...
Dr. Robert A. Eisenstein is the new president of the SFI since June 1, 2003. http://www.santafe.edu/sfi/organization/press/eisenstein.html A small talk about...
New and maybe interesting arXiv articles from cond-mat and q-bio.PE Evolving eco-system: a network of networks Debashish Chowdhury, Dietrich Stauffer ...
Researchers need enormous computer power to forecast changes in the Earth's climate, but they can predict the speed of a ball rolling down a ramp with pencil...
BBC articles about the origin of life. *** Fossils hint at early complexity Blob-like fossils dating back about 600 million years may indicate that complex...
As the BBC reported (see last posting), chinese researchers have found ancient fossils who were maybe the ancestors of most animals. The researchers named the...
Steven H. Kleinstein, Princeton University, http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~stevenk uses mathematical modeling and computer simulations to understand the immune...
We all admire the complexity and diversity of complex systems which evolved in nature through evolution and natural selection. Complex system researchers are...
Prof. Yaneer Bar-Yam is the President of the NECSI, the New England Complex System Institute. I have respect for the monumental and difficult task to found and...
Modeling the Emergence of Complexity: Complex Systems, the Origin of Life and Interactive On-Line Art Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau Abstract The...
Modeling Extinction M. E. J. Newman and R. Palmer SFI Studies in the Sciences of Complexity Oxford University Press, 2003 Extinction has played a crucial role...
BBC News Online Report about Google The estimates of how many machines it has in its datacentres range from 10,000 to 80,000. "We have a philosophy of trying...
According to information from Google itself, they have spent about $250 million on hardware equipment. Therefore you can roughly estimate how many machines...
Prof. Eric J. Chaisson says about Self-Organization in his article "Complexity: An Energetics Agenda" Complexity Vol. 9 No. 3 (2004) 14-21 "Self-organization...
The ComDig Complexity Digest is published by Dean LeBaron [1] and edited by Gottfried J. Mayer-Kress [2]. Gottfried J. Mayer-Kress has some interesting...
John D. Sterman is Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Director of MIT's System Dynamics Group. His research includes systems...
All definitions and descriptions are from "Britannica Concise Encyclopedia" (c) 2003-2004 Encyclopædia Britannica. Emergence In the theory of evolution, the...
The table of content of Pinker's "How the Mind works" looks mysterious: How the Mind works 1 Standard Equipment 2 Thinking Machines 3 Revenge of the Nerds 4...
The famous statement from René Descartes "cogito ergo sum" is usually translated as "I think, therefore I am", which describes the emergence and existence of...
John L. Casti introduces in (*) a number of characteristics which he describes as the "key components" of CAS (Complex Adaptive Systems). * Medium-sized number...
"The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is the lawgiver...No playwright, no stage director, no emperor, however powerful, has...
Hi I am new to the forum and would appreciate some advice. I am interested in CAS modelling/simulation software and came across StarLogo, which I downloaded...
... I don't know much about StarLogo, Supply Chain Networks or B2B marketplaces, and usually I'm the only one who is posting anything here ;-) But perhaps...
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