I came up with a great concept-theory using cross generalizations on logic so I decided to write about it. As I thought about it I remembered seeing some introductory text about network theory somewhere and the first examples that they mentioned used binary nodes. Some of the examples were effectively about kinds of logical cross-generalizations. So what happened to my great new theory? Somehow it fizzled into something that was from some introductory text about networks. The thing is, I don't think current network theory is very interesting.
In order to create more interesting networks you have to have multiple layers. Not just multiple processing layers but multiple conceptual layers. But these concept layers should not be associated only by a simplistic associations (on concept nodes for instance) but by the potential for nodes on one layer to interact dramatically with other layers. Of course this can be implemented using contemporary conventions about nodal networks. So why is the idea of multiple concept layers important? Because of the potential of the layered networks to represent cross-categorical relations which might be needed to solve difficult problems and which might be more susceptible to effective methods of analysis. When Internet traffic is being analyzed, for example, the analysis occurs on a different conceptual level than the traffic itself. In this case, there is very limited interaction with the traffic and the analysis. If the analysis is sent to a web manager then the analytical function is itself producing some traffic on the same system. The number of conceptual levels in this example is extremely constricted (there are 2 levels) and the interaction between the levels is tightly constrained as well. But it is easy to imagine systems where there are many different kinds of conceptual levels and a lot of different ways interaction can occur. Can you do this with conventional notions about sub-networks? Ok, but there are times when you need to free your mind from conventional thinking. Jim Bromer ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
