
Guided Self-Organization: Inception
Mikhail Prokopenko(Editor)
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 9. January 2014
Book
Hardback
XXII, 475 pages
978-3-642-53733-2 (ISBN)
Description
Is it possible to guide the process of self-organisation towards specific patterns and outcomes? Wouldn't this be self-contradictory? After all, a self-organising process assumes a transition into a more organised form, or towards a more structured functionality, in the absence of centralised control. Then how can we place the guiding elements so that they do not override rich choices potentially discoverable by an uncontrolled process?This book presents different approaches to resolving this paradox. In doing so, the presented studies address a broad range of phenomena, ranging from autopoietic systems to morphological computation, and from small-world networks to information cascades in swarms. A large variety of methods is employed, from spontaneous symmetry breaking to information dynamics to evolutionary algorithms, creating a rich spectrum reflecting this emerging field.Demonstrating several foundational theories and frameworks, as well as innovative practical implementations, Guided Self-Organisation: Inception, will be an invaluable tool for advanced students and researchers in a multiplicity of fields across computer science, physics and biology, including information theory, robotics, dynamical systems, graph theory, artificial life, multi-agent systems, theory of computation and machine learning.
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Series
Edition
2014
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
54 farbige Abbildungen, 118 s/w Abbildungen
XXII, 475 p. 172 illus., 54 illus. in color.
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
910 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-642-53733-2 (9783642537332)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-53734-9
Schweitzer Classification
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Content
Foundational frameworks.- Coordinated behaviour and learning within an embodied agent.- Swarms and networks of agents.