Self-organization, emergence and multi-agent systems

Proceedings of 2005 International Conference on Neural Networks and Brain Proceedings, ICNNB'05

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages 1858-1863

  Gabbai, Jonathan M E ^b   Hujun, Yin ^b   Wright, W A ^c   Allinson, Nigel M ^a,d  

^a IEEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c BAE SYSTEMS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agents; Autopoiesis; Chaos; Complexity theory; Emergence; MAS; Reductionism; Self organizing systems

Indexed keywords

AGENT ORGANIZATION; AUTOPOIESIS; CHAOTIC SYSTEMS; COMPLEXITY THEORY; REDUCTIONISM;

CHAOS THEORY; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 33847128318     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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