[FRIAM] ** this Wednesday** Lecture May 31 12:30p - Carlos Gershenson: A General Methodology for Designing Self-Organizing Systems

[Phil]

Neat, wish I could listen in.  Maybe someone could ask a question for
me.  "Do these methods address the response time limitations for human
responses to change?"


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> Subject: [FRIAM] ** this Wednesday** Lecture May 31 12:30p - 
> Carlos Gershenson: A General Methodology for Designing 
> Self-Organizing Systems
> 
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> SPEAKER: Carlos Gershenson
> Centrum Leo Apostel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
> 
> TITLE: A General Methodology for Designing Self-Organizing Systems
> 
> TIME: Wed May 31, 12:30p
> LOCATION: 624 Agua Fria Conference Room
> 
> Lunch will be available for purchase
> 
> ABSTRACT: Our technologies complexify our environments. Thus, 
> new technologies need to deal with more and more complexity. 
> Several efforts have been made to deal with this complexity 
> using the concept of self-organization. However, in order to 
> promote its use and understanding, we must first have a 
> pragmatic understanding of complexity and self-organization. 
> This paper presents a conceptual framework for speaking about 
> self-organizing systems. The aim is to provide a methodology 
> useful for designing and controlling systems developed to 
> solve complex problems. First, practical notions of 
> complexity and self-organization are given. Then, starting 
> from the agent metaphor, a conceptual framework is presented. 
> This provides formal ways of speaking about "satisfaction" of 
> elements and systems.
> 
> The main premise of the methodology claims that reducing the 
> "friction" or "interference" of interactions between elements 
> of a system will result in a higher "satisfaction" of the 
> system, i.e. better performance. The methodology discusses 
> different ways in which this can be achieved. A case study on 
> self-organizing traffic lights illustrates the ideas 
> presented in the paper.
> 
> Full paper: http://uk.arxiv.org/abs/nlin.AO/0505009
> 
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