DocumentCode
2291001
Title
Autocreative hierarchy II: dynamics self-organization, emergence and level-changing
Author
Cottam, Ron ; Ranson, Willy ; Vounckx, Roger
Author_Institution
Evolutionary Processing Group, Brussels Free Univ., Belgium
fYear
2003
fDate
30 Sept.-4 Oct. 2003
Firstpage
766
Lastpage
773
Abstract
Natural systems are characterized more by the way they change than by their appearance at any one moment in time. There is, however, no self-consistent theory capable of ascribing the development of living hierarchical organisms to conventional scientific rationality. We have derived a generic model for the dynamics and evolution of natural hierarchical systems. We present the resultant birational dynamics which may be attributed to a real hierarchy. We describe the nature of self-organization and of emergence in hierarchies, and the rationality which may be employed to move between scalar levels. We propose the use of diffusely-rational recursive Dempster-Shafer-probability to model inter-hierarchical-level complex regions, and consider its implications. The evolution of living from nonliving systems is attributed to a change in the style of emergence which characterizes the appearance of new scalar levels.
Keywords
artificial life; ecology; living systems; self-adjusting systems; uncertainty handling; conventional scientific rationality; diffusely-rational recursive Dempster-Shafer-probability; dynamics self-organization; generic model; inter-hierarchical-level model; living system; natural hierarchical system; nonliving system; resultant birational dynamics; self-consistent theory; Bones; Cultural differences; Hierarchical systems; Holography; Organisms; Quantum mechanics; USA Councils;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Integration of Knowledge Intensive Multi-Agent Systems, 2003. International Conference on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7958-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/KIMAS.2003.1245134
Filename
1245134
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