Phil, your statement in bold below peaked my interest because there seems to be a tenuous analogy with symmetry or conservation laws as described by Noether's theorem <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noether%27s_theorem>. This theorem relates symmetries in a physical system to conservation laws. E.g. rotational symmetry in space is related to conservation of angular momentum.
So does your observation relating energy transfer to derivative continuity have a deeper basis behind it? Also with respect to ABM classification, Noether's theorem only holds for certain classes of physical problem and hence could form a basis for classification. Similarly for your observation? After all, there are two classes of <insert phenomenon here> - those that fall into two classes and those that don't :-) Regards, Saul Caganoff On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Phil Henshaw <[email protected]> wrote: > Steve, > > Well,… there are rather practical sides to some kinds of top level views. > You might notice, possibly, that *wherever energy transfer is involved > derivative continuity in developmental processes will be too*. That > tells you nothing at all bye itself, but might give you a great observation > tool. I use it something like a change process magnifying glass. Where > a natural system subject of interest displays continuities of energy flow, > or any other similarly conserved property only changed by addition or > subtraction, it may give you a clear view of the sequence of assembly > (adding and subtracting steps) for the complex systems involved. Seeing > how it's done naturally might give you ideas, or even help you replicate > things of similar kinds. > > > > Phil Henshaw > > NY NY www.synapse9.com > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Steve Smith > *Sent:* Sunday, January 04, 2009 10:44 PM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Classification of ABM's > > > > Doug - > > > On the other hand, top (top, top, top) level views which result in such > profound observations such as > > - Order matters, or > - Complexity is, or > - Taxonomies exist > > rarely hold much interest for me, unless they make the job of designing > functional complex systems easier. > > Which is why I give you high marks for pragmatism! > clip… > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > -- Saul Caganoff Enterprise IT Architect LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/scaganoff
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