Ten Questions about Emergence
| dc.creator | Fromm, Jochen | |
| dc.date | 2005-09-27 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T06:19:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T06:19:22Z | |
| dc.description | Self-Organization is of growing importance for large distributed computing systems. In these systems, a central control and manual management is exceedingly difficult or even impossible. Emergence is widely recognized as the core principle behind self-organization. Therefore the idea to use both principles to control and organize large-scale distributed systems is very attractive and not so far off. Yet there are many open questions about emergence and self-organization, ranging from a clear definition and scientific understanding to the possible applications in engineering and technology, including the limitations of both concepts. Self-organizing systems with emergent properties are highly desirable, but also very challenging. We pose ten central questions about emergence, give preliminary answers, and identify four basic limits of self-organization: a size limit, a place limit, a complexity limit and finally a combinatorial limit. | |
| dc.description | 13 pages, 6 figures | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/nlin/0509049 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/nlin/0509049 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/95050 | |
| dc.subject | Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems | |
| dc.title | Ten Questions about Emergence | |
| dc.type | text |