Emergent Behavior in Complex Systems Engineering

Table of contents

1. Title Page
   1. Copyright
   2. Dedication
2. Foreword
3. Preface
4. About the Editors
5. List of Contributors
6. Section I: Emergent Behavior in Complex Systems
   1. CHAPTER 1: METAPHYSICAL AND SCIENTIFIC ACCOUNTS OF EMERGENCE: VARIETIES OF FUNDAMENTALITY AND THEORETICAL COMPLETENESS
      1. SUMMARY
      2. INTRODUCTION
      3. TO EXPLAIN IS NOT TO ELIMINATE
      4. EMERGENT PROPERTIES AND MORE FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES
      5. WHERE DOES THE PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEM OF EMERGENCE COME FROM?
      6. INCOMPLETENESS
      7. MODELS, EMERGENCE, AND FUNDAMENTALITY
      8. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
      9. REFERENCES
   2. CHAPTER 2: EMERGENCE: WHAT DOES IT MEAN AND HOW IS IT RELEVANT TO COMPUTER ENGINEERING?
      1. SUMMARY
      2. INTRODUCTION
      3. MAPPING MEANINGS OF EMERGENCE
      4. EMERGENCE IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING
      5. CONCLUSION: FUTURE DIRECTIONS
      6. Bibliography
   3. CHAPTER 3: SYSTEM THEORETIC FOUNDATIONS FOR EMERGENT BEHAVIOR MODELING: THE CASE OF EMERGENCE OF HUMAN LANGUAGE IN A RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED COMPLEX INTELLIGENT DYNAMICAL SYSTEM
      1. SUMMARY
      2. INTRODUCTION
      3. BACKGROUND
      4. EMERGENCE OF LANGUAGE CAPABILITIES IN HUMAN EVOLUTION
      5. FUNDAMENTAL SYSTEMS APPROACH FOR RCIDS FOR EMERGENCE OF LANGUAGE EXAMPLE
      6. PERSPECTIVES: EVOLUTION AND SYSTEM MODELING
      7. RCIDS AND ACTIVITY-BASED PERSPECTIVE ON SHARED ATTENTION
      8. CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE WORK
      9. DISCLAIMER
      10. REFERENCES
   4. CHAPTER 4: GENERATIVE PARALLAX SIMULATION: CREATIVE COGNITION MODELS OF EMERGENCE FOR SIMULATION-DRIVEN MODEL DISCOVERY
      1. SUMMARY
      2. INTRODUCTION
      3. BACKGROUND
      4. MODEL DISCOVERY AND EMERGENCE AS A CREATIVE COGNITION PROCESS
      5. GENERATIVE PARALLAX SIMULATION: BASIC CONCEPTS
      6. A REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE FOR MODEL ENSEMBLES AS COGNITIVE AGENTS
      7. MODEL EMERGENCE VIA REFLECTIVE EQUILIBRIUM
      8. CONCLUSIONS
      9. REFERENCES
7. Section II: Emergent Behavior Modeling in Complex Systems Engineering
   1. CHAPTER 5: COMPLEX SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND THE CHALLENGE OF EMERGENCE
      1. SUMMARY
      2. INTRODUCTION
      3. SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND EMERGENCE
      4. UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING EMERGENCE
      5. SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION
      6. DISCLAIMER
      7. REFERENCES
   2. CHAPTER 6: EMERGENCE IN COMPLEX ENTERPRISES
      1. SUMMARY
      2. INTRODUCTION
      3. COMPLEX SYSTEMS
      4. MULTI-LEVEL MODELS
      5. EMERGENCE IN SOCIETY
      6. EMERGENCE IN CITIES
      7. EMERGENCE IN INSTITUTIONS
      8. EMERGENCE IN COMPANIES
      9. ROLE OF MODELING AND SIMULATION
      10. CONCLUSIONS
      11. REFERENCES
   3. CHAPTER 7: EMERGENCE IN INFORMATION ECONOMIES: AN AGENT-BASED MODELING PERSPECTIVE
      1. INTRODUCTION
      2. EMERGENCE IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
      3. INFORMATION ECONOMIES AND COMPUTATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE
      4. WHY AGENT-BASED MODELING?
      5. MODEL OVERVIEW
      6. DETAILS
      7. EXPERIMENT AND FINDINGS
      8. CONCLUSIONS
      9. REFERENCES
   4. CHAPTER 8: MODELING EMERGENCE IN SYSTEMS OF SYSTEMS USING THERMODYNAMIC CONCEPTS
      1. SUMMARY
      2. INTRODUCTION
      3. THERMODYNAMICS AND ITS EXPLANATORY ADVANTAGES
      4. EMERGENCE AND CHEMICAL REACTIONS
      5. DEVELOPING A CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF EMERGENCE IN SOS
      6. POTENTIAL IMPLICATION
      7. CONCLUSIONS
      8. RECOMMENDATIONS AND FUTURE WORK
      9. REFERENCES
   5. CHAPTER 9: INDUCED EMERGENCE IN COMPUTATIONAL SOCIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING: MULTIMODELS AND DYNAMIC COUPLINGS AS METHODOLOGICAL BASIS
      1. SUMMARY
      2. INTRODUCTION
      3. COMPUTATIONAL SOCIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND INDUCED EMERGENCE
      4. MULTIMODELS
      5. MODEL COUPLING
      6. VARIABLE STRUCTURE MODELS
      7. INDUCED EMERGENCE IN COMPUTATIONAL SOCIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING: ROLES OF MULTIMODELS
      8. BEYOND AGENT-BASED FOR MULTIMODELING AND SIMULATING EMERGENCE
      9. CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE STUDIES
      10. DISCLAIMER
      11. REFERENCES
   6. CHAPTER 10: APPLIED COMPLEXITY SCIENCE: ENABLING EMERGENCE THROUGH HEURISTICS AND SIMULATIONS
      1. INTRODUCTION – A COARSE-GRAINED LOOK
      2. DEFINITIONS AND A TAXONOMY FOR APPLIED COMPLEXITY SCIENCE
      3. HEURISTICS FOR APPLYING COMPLEXITY SCIENCE TO ENGINEER FOR EMERGENCE
      4. UNMANNED AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE (UV) SWARMS
      5. OPERATIONAL UV SWARMS
      6. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS
      7. DISCLAIMER
      8. REFERENCES
8. Section III: Engineering Emergent Behavior in Computational Environments
   1. CHAPTER 11: TOWARD THE AUTOMATED DETECTION OF EMERGENT BEHAVIOR
      1. INTRODUCTION
      2. OVERVIEW OF EXISTING WORK
      3. IDENTIFYING EMERGENCE USING INTERACTION GRAPHS
      4. EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS
      5. CONCLUSION
      6. References
   2. CHAPTER 12: ISOLATING THE CAUSES OF EMERGENT FAILURES IN COMPUTER SOFTWARE
      1. SUMMARY
      2. INTRODUCTION
      3. ISOLATING THE CAUSE OF DETERMINISTIC FAILURE
      4. EMERGENT FAILURES
      5. STOCHASTICS IN SOFTWARE
      6. FAULTS ACTIVATED BY EFFECTS OF THE INTERNAL SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT
      7. SUMMARY
      8. REFERENCES
   3. CHAPTER 13: FROM MODULARITY TO COMPLEXITY: A CROSS-DISCIPLINARY FRAMEWORK FOR CHARACTERIZING SYSTEMS
      1. SUMMARY
      2. INTRODUCTION
      3. CHARACTERIZING SYSTEMS
      4. ASPECTS AND ABSTRACTIONS OF MODULARITY
      5. ASPECTS OF COMPLEXITY
      6. CONCLUSIONS
      7. REFERENCES
   4. Chapter 14: THE EMERGENCE OF SOCIAL SCHEMAS AND LOSSY CONCEPTUAL INFORMATION NETWORKS: HOW INFORMATION TRANSMISSION CAN LEAD TO THE APPARENT “EMERGENCE” OF CULTURE
      1. SUMMARY
      2. INTRODUCTION
      3. CONSENSUS IN LARGE HUMAN SOCIAL GROUPS
      4. OVERVIEW OF MODEL
      5. TESTING THE MODEL
      6. RESULTS
      7. EMERGENCE OF SOCIAL CONSENSUS IN THE IIS
      8. CONCLUSION: EMERGENCE, WHAT IS CLAIMED, AND WHAT SHOULD NEVER BE
      9. REFERENCES
   5. CHAPTER 15: MODELING AND SIMULATION OF EMERGENT BEHAVIOR IN TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE RESTORATION
      1. SUMMARY
      2. INTRODUCTION
      3. SYSTEM DYNAMICS APPROACH
      4. METHODOLOGY
      5. ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE
      6. CONCLUSION AND FUTURE WORK
      7. REFERENCES
9. Section IV: Research Agenda
   1. CHAPTER 16: RESEARCH AGENDA FOR NEXT-GENERATION COMPLEX SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
      1. SUMMARY
      2. ON ENGINEERING EMERGENCE: LEARNING FROM OTHERS
      3. MAKING SENSE OF EMERGENT BEHAVIOR: A MIXED METHOD APPROACH
      4. GRAND CHALLENGES OF EMERGENCE RESEARCH: A RESEARCH AGENDA
      5. DISCLAIMER
      6. REFERENCES
   2. Index
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