Synchronic and diachronic emergence

Minds and Machines

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 431-442

  Humphreys, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular automaton; Pattern emergence; Randomness; Supervenience; Weak emergence

Indexed keywords

PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS;

PATTERN EMERGENCE; RANDOMNESS; SUPERVENIENCE; WEAK EMERGENCE;

CELLULAR AUTOMATA;

EID: 57049178539     PISSN: 09246495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11023-008-9125-3     Document Type: Article

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