[FRIAM] Any non-biological complex systems?

[Steven A Smith]

"Complex Systems" being a somewhat fuzzy concept, this is hard/easy to 
answer.


Any physical system comprised of large numbers of similar or identical 
elements  which interact and yield non-linear collective behaviour seems 
like a good enough definition for your purposes. Sand dune formation and 
(breaking) waves and cloud formation/dissipation all seem like pretty 
good candidates, not to mention the aforementioned weather in general. 
Earthquake/Rift/Mountain formain seems like a good fit as well as 
wind/rain erosion of soil in general.


On 5/24/17 8:56 PM, cody dooderson wrote:
> Is a vortex like a funnel cloud or the Saturn's hexagon considered a 
> complex system?
>
> Cody Smith
>
> On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 8:31 PM, Marcus Daniels <marcus at snoutfarm.com 
> <mailto:marcus at snoutfarm.com>> wrote:
>
>     High speed trading comes close to not involving people.   Other
>     examples that come to mind involve some autonomous (biological)
>     agent creating demand.   For example, energy or data or
>     transportation networks are responding to a logistical demand
>     created by people.   Netflix (vs. adaptive routing) is a demand
>     created by people.
>
>     As companies like Google begin to build agents that build models
>     and satisfy constraints the requests they initiate will become
>     more adaptive.
>
>     *From:*Friam [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com
>     <mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com>] *On Behalf Of *Russ Abbott
>     *Sent:* Wednesday, May 24, 2017 6:59 PM
>     *To:* FRIAM <friam at redfish.com <mailto:friam at redfish.com>>
>     *Subject:* [FRIAM] Any non-biological complex systems?
>
>     Are there any good examples of a complex system that doesn't
>     involve biological organisms (including human beings)?
>
>
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