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UNSPECIFIED (2002) Systems with emergent dynamics. In: 5th International Conference on Computing Anticipatory Systems, LIEGE, BELGIUM, AUG 13-18, 2001. Published in: COMPUTING ANTICIPATORY SYSTEMS, 627 pp. 27-36. ISBN 0-7354-0081-4. ISSN 0094-243X.
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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) | ||||
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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 | ||||
Official Date: | 2002 | ||||
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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 |
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