Advances in self-organizing systems

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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.

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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 communication theory.