Emergence : the connected lives of ants, brains, cities, and software /

Emergence is what happens when an interconnected system of relatively simple elements self-organizes to form more intelligent, more adaptive higher-level behavior. It's a bottom-up model rather than being engineered by a general or a master planner, emergence begins at the ground level. Systems...

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Main Author: Johnson, Steven, 1968-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scribner, [2001]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Here Comes Everybody! 11
  • 1 The Myth of the Ant Queen 29
  • 2 Street Level 73
  • 3 The Pattern Match 101
  • 4 Listening to Feedback 130
  • 5 Control Artist 163
  • 6 The Mind Readers 195
  • 7 See What Happens 227.