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Two Conceptual Models for Aspects of Complex Systems Behavior

verfasst von : Burton Voorhees

Erschienen in: How Nature Works

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This chapter presents two toy models dealing with trade-off issues arising in complex systems research. After comparison of modeling in classical physics and complex systems theorizing these models are discussed in detail. The first examines the trade-off between stability and flexibility in an environment subject to random fluctuations. The second compares possible response strategies in cases of potential risk and reward. The first model illustrates the general complex systems concept of virtual stability, defined as a condition in which a system maintains itself in an unstable state between attracting response states in order to gain flexibility in the face of random environmental fluctuations. The second model considers the trade-off between quickness and accuracy in cases of bounded decision time and information. Both models relate to decision processes in complex adaptive systems and some of their implications in this regard are discussed.

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Fußnoten
1
This ignores the fact that a clock imposes a fixed unit of time. The actual length of a day, hence the position of the sun, depends on season. Abstraction from reality always introduces a lack of fit with reality that must be compensated in practice. This is the difference between theoretical science and engineering.
 
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If the spectrum of external noise resonates with system dynamics then even small fluctuations can grow to macroscopic size in a process of fluctuation enhancement [e.g., 23, 24].
 
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The technical questions that arise relate to how high this frequency needs to be. This, in turn, involves the time scale for falling out of the unstable state, and the energy required for corrective actions of varying strengths.
 
4
Such a model could use filtering and template matching of perceptions, for example, in order to find the best behavioral response fit.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Two Conceptual Models for Aspects of Complex Systems Behavior
verfasst von
Burton Voorhees
Copyright-Jahr
2014
Verlag
Springer International Publishing
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00254-5_6