Self Steering And Cognition In Complex Systems

Author : Francis Heylighen,Eric Rosseel,Frank Demeyere
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Computers
ISBN : 2881247296

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Self-steering and Cognition in Complex Systems by Francis Heylighen,Eric Rosseel,Frank Demeyere Pdf

In the on-going philosophical debate between cognitivism and (radical) constructivism the pervading notions of self-reference, self- organization, self-steering, autonomy, etc., are at the forefront of discussion. These multidisciplinary papers, from a symposium on [title] held in May 1987, examine these topics in depth and illustrate their applications. Taken as a whole, they provide insight into the emergence of a new cybernetics. Book club price, $34. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : M.E. Carvallo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-07
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9789401127790

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Nature, Cognition and System II by M.E. Carvallo Pdf

is both a player and a spectator, is explained here illuminatingly. With regard to logical ambiguities and paradoxes, which may show up in all these topics, he, like Locker, is of the opinion that, philosophically speaking all apory of a lower level have to be accepted an a higher level of thinking. After the above expositions of a more general purport we turn now to two contributions which are particularly focused on Bohr's concept of complementarity. First is the article of Hilgevoord who briefly and non-technically describes a short curriculum vitae of the concept beginning with Planck through Bohr to Heisenberg and Schrodinger. Included in this short story, of course, is the famous wave-particle duality and the paradox inherent in it many physicists are still saddled with. How this paradox was solved is explained here simply and clearly: first, generally by quantum mechanics where the disturbance theory of measurement was supposed to be of some relevance, and secondly, where this theory is further refmed leading to Bohr's conclusion of the essential unsolvability, and accordingly the completeness, of the statistical element of quantum mechanics. The reading of this short article may arouse questions and surmises whether complementarity has been ruminated by Bohr to tame the law of excluded middle dividing the well-defined content of position measurement from that of momentum measurement, just to mention one. Whatever it may be the idea of complementarity betrays the perplexity of the observing system in dealing with nature's complexity.

Author : J.D. Becker,I. Eisele,F.W. Mündemann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1991-12-04
Category : Computers
ISBN : 3540550275

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Parallelism, Learning, Evolution by J.D. Becker,I. Eisele,F.W. Mündemann Pdf

This volume presents the proceedings of a workshop on evolutionary models and strategies and another workshop on parallel processing, logic, organization, and technology, both held in Germany in 1989. In the search for new concepts relevant for parallel and distributed processing, the workshop on parallel processing included papers on aspects of space and time, representations of systems, non-Boolean logics, metrics, dynamics and structure, and superposition and uncertainties. The point was stressed that distributed representations of information may share features with quantum physics, such as the superposition principle and the uncertainty relations. Much of the volume contains material on general parallel processing machines, neural networks, and system-theoretic aspects. The material on evolutionary strategies is included because these strategies will yield important and powerful applications for parallel processing machines, and open the wayto new problem classes to be treated by computers.

Author : James Ming Chen,Edit Fabó,Emilia Ferone
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781527502734

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Systemic Actions in Complex Scenarios by James Ming Chen,Edit Fabó,Emilia Ferone Pdf

What is the contribution of General System Theory to the macro-level understanding of economic, social and technological changes in our epoch from a multidimensional perspective? What is the contribution of Social Action Theory on a micro-scale? Can complex scenario analyses, although based upon uncertainty and unpredictability, offer a viable toolkit for managing these transformations? This book contains twelve chapters, dealing with these questions from various points of view. It brings together essays in sociology, economics, law and humanities to provide as complete a representation as possible of the current global situation. The theoretical framework adopted here is that the systemic approach provides the most effective tool both for understanding social phenomena and elaborating policy-modelling strategies for decision makers that are supposed to tackle social criticalities.

Author : John Mingers
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781489910226

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Self-Producing Systems by John Mingers Pdf

John Mingers' new volume, Self-Producing Systems: Implications and Ap plications of Autopoiesis, is a much-needed reference on autopoiesis, a subject penetrating many disciplines today. I can genuinely say that I enjoyed reading the book as it took me stage by stage through a clear and easy-to-grasp understanding of the concepts and ideas of auto poiesis and then, as the book's title suggests, on through their applica tions. I found the summary in Chapter 12 particularly useful, helping to crystalize the main points of each chapter. The book conveyed enthusi asm for the subject and stimulated my interest in it. At times the book is demanding, but only because of the breadth of the subject matter, the terms and concepts associated with its parts, and the challenge of keep ing hold of all this in the mind at once. This is an exceptional text. ROBERT L. FLOOD Hull, UK Preface In recent years Maturana's and Varela's concept of autopoiesis, origi nally a biological concept, has made a remarkable impact not just on a single area, but across widely differing disciplines such as sociology, policy science, psychotherapy, cognitive science, and law. Put very briefly, the term autopoiesis connotes the idea that certain types of sys tems exist in a particular manner-they are self-producing systems. In their operations they continuously produce their own constituents, their own components, which then participate in these same production pro cesses.

Author : Robert Trappl
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 1740 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1992-03-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789814555098

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Cybernetics And Systems Research '92 - Proceedings Of The 11th European Meeting On Cybernetics And Systems Research (In 2 Volumes) by Robert Trappl Pdf

The 210 articles which are divided into 18 sections in this new reference work represent the most recent findings in cybernetics and systems research. It brings together contributions from leading scientists from all over the world — Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Africa and Australia. This volume therefore gives a broad spectrum of the ongoing research worldwide.Topics covered in the 18 sections are: General Systems Methodology; Mathematical Systems Theory; Computer Aided Process Interpretation; Fuzzy Sets, Approximate Reasoning and Knowledge-based Systems; Designing and Systems; Biocybernetics and Mathematical Biology; Cybernetics in Medicine; Cybernetics of Socioeconomic Systems; Systems, Management and Organization; Cybernetics of National Development; Communication and Computers; Connectionism and Cognitive Processing; Intelligent Autonomous Systems; Artificial Intelligence; Impacts of Artificial Intelligence.

Author : Wolfgang Tschacher,Günter Schiepek,Ewald J. Brunner
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783642775345

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Self-Organization and Clinical Psychology by Wolfgang Tschacher,Günter Schiepek,Ewald J. Brunner Pdf

Self-organization and clinical psychology signals the advent of a new paradigm in psychology. Physicists, neuroscientists and individual and grouptherapists have joined forces to elucidate the new and exciting advances that are being achieved by applying the concepts of non-linear dynamics and self-organization to the human nervous system and the mind.

Author : Robert Trappl
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 1130 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1990-03-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789814611626

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Cybernetics And Systems '90 - Proceedings Of The Tenth European Meeting On Cybernetics And Systems Research by Robert Trappl Pdf

Contents:How Many "Demons" Do We Need? Endophysical Self-Creation of Material Structures and the Exophysical Mystery of Universal Libraries (G Kampis & O E Rössler)Some Implications of Re-Interpretation of the Turing Test for Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence (G Werner)Why Economic Forecasts will be Overtaken by the Facts (J D M Kruisinga)Simulation Methods in Peace and Conflict Research (F Breitenecker et al)Software Development Paradigms: A Unifying Concept (G Chroust)Hybrid Hierarchies: A Love-Hate Relationship Between ISA and SUPERC (D Castelfranchi & D D'Aloisi)AI for Social Citizenship: Towards an Anthropocentric Technology (K S Gill)Organizational Cybernetics and Large Scale Social Reforms in the Context of Ongoing Developments (E Bekjarov & A Athanassov)China's Economic Reform and its Obstacles: Challenges to a Large-Scale Social Experiment (J Hu & X Sun)Comparing Conceptual Systems: A Strategy for Changing Values as well as Institutions (S A Umpleby)and others Readership: Researchers in the fields of cybernetics and systems, artificial intelligence, economics and mathematicians.

Author : Harald Atmanspacher,Herbert Scheingraber
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781489923059

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Information Dynamics by Harald Atmanspacher,Herbert Scheingraber Pdf

Proceedings of a NATO ASI held in Irsee/Kaufbeuren, Germany, June 15--26, 1990

Author : John Mingers
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317684626

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Systems Thinking, Critical Realism and Philosophy by John Mingers Pdf

Systems Thinking, Critical Realism and Philosophy: A Confluence of Ideas seeks to re-address the whole question of philosophy and systems thinking for the twenty first century and provide a new work that would be of value to both systems and philosophy. This is a highly opportune time when different fields – critical realism, philosophy of science and systems thinking – are all developing around the same set of concepts and yet not realizing it. This book will be of interest to the academic systems community worldwide and due to it's interdisciplinary coverage, it will also be of relevance to a wide range of scholars in other disciplines, particularly philosophy but also operational research, information systems, and sociology.

Author : G. Vijver
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401580625

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New Perspectives on Cybernetics by G. Vijver Pdf

Gertrudis Van de Vijver· Seminar of Logic and Epistemology University of Ghent Before being classified under the fashionable denominators of complexity and chaos, self-organization and autonomy were intensely inquired into in the cybernetic tradition. Despite all rejections that cybernetics has gone through in the second half of this century, today its importance is more and more recognized. Its decisive influence for connectionist theories, autopoietic and constructivist theories, for different forms of applied or experimental epistemology, is being more and more understood and generally accepted. It is mainly due to the success of connectionist models that we observe today a revival of interest for cybernetics. The 1943 article by McCulloch and Pitts is evidently a founding article. Cybernetics has however a much broader interest than the one linked to technical-mathematical details relevant to the construction of networks. For instance, the evolution from first to second order cybernetics, the ways of approaching biological and cognitive phenomena in the latter and the limits that were formulated there, are particularly meaningful to understand current developments and divergences in connectionism. A nuanced picture of cybernetic's history and its present state is therefore clearly epistemologically essential.

Author : Mark Semenovich Burgin,Gordana Dodig Crnkovic
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9789814295482

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Information and Computation by Mark Semenovich Burgin,Gordana Dodig Crnkovic Pdf

This volume provides a cutting-edge view of the world's leading authorities in fields where information and computation play a central role.

Author : Danny Saunders,Jacqui Severn
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0749429569

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Simulation and Games for Strategy and Policy Planning by Danny Saunders,Jacqui Severn Pdf

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Roel J. in 't Veld,Catrien J.A.M. Termeer,Linze Schaap,Mark J.W. Martinyuk
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789401135221

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Autopoiesis and Configuration Theory: New Approaches to Societal Steering by Roel J. in 't Veld,Catrien J.A.M. Termeer,Linze Schaap,Mark J.W. Martinyuk Pdf

Author : Amanda Spink,Charles Cole
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2006-08-25
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781402040146

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New Directions in Cognitive Information Retrieval by Amanda Spink,Charles Cole Pdf

New Directions in Cognitive Information Retrieval presents an exciting new direction for research into cognitive oriented information retrieval (IR) research, a direction based on an analysis of the user’s problem situation and cognitive behavior when using the IR system. This contrasts with the current dominant IR research paradigm which concentrates on improving IR system matching performance. The chapters describe the leading edge concepts and models of cognitive IR that explore the nexus between human cognition, information and the social conditions that drive humans to seek information using IR systems. Chapter topics include: Polyrepresentation, cognitive overlap and the boomerang effect, Multitasking while conducting the search, Knowledge Diagram Visualizations of the topic space to facilitate user assimilation of information, Task, relevance, selection state, knowledge need and knowledge behavior, search training built into the search, children’s collaboration for school projects, and other cognitive perspectives on IR concepts and issues.