Advances in self-organizing systems
by
Barnett, George A.
Title
:
Advances in self-organizing systems
Author
:
Barnett, George A.
ISBN
:
9781572735583
9781572735576
Publication Information
:
Cresskill, NJ : Hampton Press, 2005.
Physical Description
:
xv, 212 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
:
Foreword / George A. Barnett -- Preface / Renee Houston -- 1. An introduction to self-organizing systems / George A. Barnett -- 2. Webs of science : a citation analytic study of the concepts of self-organization and autopoiesis in management studies journals / William J. White -- 3. Network dynamics in self-organizing communication and activity systems / Steven R. Corman -- 4. Self-organization in the infinite-choice prisoner's dilemma / Frank Tutzauer and Edward T. Palazzolo -- 5. Self-organizing artificial neural networks : research methods for the information age / Scott Danielsen -- 6. The role of language in self-organizating / James R. Taylor and Helene Giroux -- 7. Complexity and organizing : a semiotic analysis / James A. Anderson and Renee Houston -- 8. Paradigms as conceptual fractals / Scott C. Hammond.
Abstract
:
"Traditionally, the open systems approach has been used to describe communication structures and processes. This book does not deal with social systems from this perspective. Rather, it examines self-organizing systems models that seek to explain the emergence of patterns of behavior in systems that are initially in a state of disorganization." "This volume examines the models currently under development - autopoiesis, catastrophe theory, fractal geometry, dissipative structures, complexity theory, cellular automata, and artificial intelligence - and presents a number of applications to contemporary communications theory."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject Term
:
Self-organizing systems.
Added Author
:
Barnett, George A.
Houston, Renée.