UNSPECIFIED (2002) Systems with emergent dynamics. In: 5th International Conference on Computing Anticipatory Systems, AUG 13-18, 2001, LIEGE, BELGIUM.

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Abstract

Evolutionary biologists often reject deterministic models of evolutionary processes because they equate 'deterministic' with 'goal-seeking', and have learned the hard way not to trust goal-seeking explanations of evolutionary adaptations. On the other hand, the general theory of dynamical systems potentially has much to offer for evolutionary biology-for example, as a resolution of the conflict between gradualism and punctuated equilibrium. The concept of a system with emergent dynamics retains the deterministic nature of dynamical systems, while eliminating any goal-seeking interpretation. Define an emergent property of a complex system to be a property whose computation from the entity-level rules of the system is intractable (in some reasonable sense). Say that a dynamical system has emergent dynamics if the computation of trajectories is intractable. Then systems with emergent dynamics are deterministic but not goal-seeking. As such, they offer a sensible way to use dynamical systems as models for evolutionary processes in biology, and in other areas. We discuss these issues and examine a few simple aspects of emergence in dynamical systems.

Item Type:	Conference Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics
Series Name:	AIP CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Journal or Publication Title:	COMPUTING ANTICIPATORY SYSTEMS
Publisher:	AMER INST PHYSICS
ISBN:	0-7354-0081-4
ISSN:	0094-243X
Editor:	Dubois, DM
Date:	2002
Volume:	627
Number of Pages:	10
Page Range:	pp. 27-36
Publication Status:	Published
Title of Event:	5th International Conference on Computing Anticipatory Systems
Location of Event:	LIEGE, BELGIUM
Date(s) of Event:	AUG 13-18, 2001
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/10318

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