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Complexity theory applied to itself.
| Title: | Complexity theory applied to itself. |
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| Authors: | Nunn, Robin J.1 |
| Source: | Emergence: Complexity & Organization. 2007, Vol. 9 Issue 1/2, p93-106. 14p. |
| Abstract: | This paper describes how complexity theory can be applied to itself at a metaphorical level to generate ideas about complexity, including proposals for modeling the evolution of complexity theory and treating computer modeling as a part of complexity theory, not just a medium of its expression. Proposals for more rigorous application of complexity theory to itself include studying the fitness of ideas within complexity theory, using various proxies for measuring those ideas, studying the autocatalysis of ideas, estimating the fractal geometry, and developing general computer models of complexity theory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Subject Terms: | *Simulation methods & models, Complexity (Philosophy), Computer simulation, Fractals, Philosophy of science |
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| ISSN: | 15213250 |
| Database: | Business Source Complete |
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