Greetings, I finished yesterday the first version of a paper I submitted to the 2nd European Conference on Complex Systems. I hope that you might find it interesting, and I would welcome any comment.
A General Methodology for Designing Self-Organizing Systems Carlos Gershenson ECCO working paper 2005-05 http://uk.arXiv.org/abs/nlin/0505009 Abstract: This paper presents 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. A brief introduction to complexity and self-organization is given before introducing the conceptual framework and the methodology. A case study on self-organizing traffic lights illustrates the ideas presented in the paper. Related work can be found at http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~cgershen/sos/ Best regards, Carlos Gershenson... Centrum Leo Apostel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Krijgskundestraat 33. B-1160 Brussels, Belgium http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~cgershen/ "Life is a constant adaptation"
