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You are hereby invited to our nineteenth "Evolution, Complexity and
Cognition (ECCO)" seminar of 2005:
A General Methodology for
Designing Self-Organizing Systems
by
Place: room 3C204 (building C, 3rd floor), VUB campus
Oefenplein
Time: Friday, June 17, at 17:30 h.
Abstract:
I will present a conceptual framework for speaking about
self-organizing systems. The aim is to provide a methodology useful
for designing and controlling systems developed to solve complex
problems. The ideas that will be presented are general enough to be
useful in a wide variety of areas, where solutions to problems cannot
be foreseen or unpredicted changes require a constant adaptation of
the system. In other words, the proposed methodology assists the
engineering of systems that need to find solutions by
themselves.
More info:
Gershenson, C. (2005). A General Methodology for Designing
Self-Organizing Systems. Submitted. (ECCO Working Paper 2005.05)
http://uk.arxiv.org/abs/nlin.AO/0505009
Gershenson, C. (2005). Self-Organizing Traffic Lights.
Submitted. (ECCO Working Paper 2005.02)
http://uk.arxiv.org/abs/nlin.AO/0411066
ECCO seminar programme coming weeks
24 Jun: Tom Erez: Postext: a cognitively-apt formalism
for knowledge management
ECCO seminars normally take place each Friday at 17h30 in room
3C204 of the VUB Campus Etterbeek. Everyone interested is welcome.
The seminars are very interactive, with small groups (about 8-10
people). The intention is to discuss in depth the research being
proposed, and to look for interdisciplinary connections with other
ECCO-related themes. Seminars last about two hours, after which the
remaining participants go to take a drink or a snack in the Opinio
Caf� on the campus, to continue the discussion in a more relaxed
setting.
--
Francis Heylighen
"Evolution, Complexity and Cognition" research group
Free University of Brussels
http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/HEYL.html
