Emergence: From Chaos To Order (Helix Books)
 

Emergence: From Chaos to Order (Helix Books)

by John H. Holland

In this important book, John H. Holland dramatically shows us that the “emergence” of order from disorder has much to teach us about life, mind and organizations. Creative activities in both the arts and the sciences depend upon an ability to model the world. The most creative of those models exhibits emergent properties, so that “what comes out is more than what goes in.” From the... (read more)

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This follow-up to Hidden Order, is an eloquent argument by example for the existence and definition of the term emergence as a bona fide concept in science. Emergence is illustrated against the backdrop concepts of order and complexity. CGP-V I found to be very useful as it is a proper and correct generalisation of the 'agent' concept in software design.

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