Social emergence: Distinguishing reflexive and non-reflexive modes

AAAI Fall Symposium - Technical Report

Volumn FS-07-04, Issue , 2007, Pages 48-55

  Goldspink, Christopher ^a   Kay, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX SYSTEMS; EMERGENT AGENTS; KEY CHARACTERISTICS; NATURAL SYSTEMS; ORGANIZATIONAL ASPECTS; PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE; SOCIAL SYSTEMS; TECHNICAL REPORTS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

SYSTEMS SCIENCE;

EID: 51849151601     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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