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<p>< We can turn up the brightness and narrow the focus to
maximize flux, but for many problems, that is not unlike
hitting our high beams in a snowstorm or fogbank. One of the
things I hope (mostly in vain, but not entirely) for from this
list is discussion of how to apply Complex Systems Theory to
predicting something more interesting/relevant to the human
tragicomedy being played out right. ><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Switch to synthetic aperture radar in fog. <span
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<p>Good one. I *was* going to invoke the work Takeo Kenade (CMU)
presented here a year or so ago, based on his (Lucas-Kenade)
Optical Flow algorithms to detect/predict the pattern of rain/snow
a fraction of a second later such that the headlights (imaging
projectors) can mask the beam, minimizing the egregious
illumination of rain/snow/sleet. As a metaphor, I don't know if
it helps in this discussion, but it was a good example of fairly
straightforward but highly motivated adaptation of existing
technology. <br>
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<p>Your synthetic aperture imaging via arrays (formal, ad hoc,
phased, radio, light, sound... ) probably provide a better
metaphor. This is one of the reasons I'm very interested in
other people's perspectives on many topics... if done well (which
I can't claim I do) it seems that such ubiquitous parallax can
yield some of the same things synthetic apertures can... like
post-hoc focus and depth extraction. <br>
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<p>Unfortunately both of these are merely sophisticated engineering
mathematics, probably closer to what Asimov's Psychohistory
gestured at.</p>
<p>Projects like our own Merle Lefkoff's <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.emergentdiplomacy.org/">Center for Emergent
Diplomacy</a> and ASU's <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://complexity.asu.edu/">Global Biosocial Complexity
Initiative</a> show promise... I suppose I should quit
blathering on here and do a more diligent literature search...
There are initiatives at SFI that are somewhat relevant that I
don't (bother to?) follow. <br>
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<p>Mumble,</p>
<p> - Steve<br>
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