Signals and boundaries : building blocks for complex adaptive systems / John H. Holland.

Author/creator Holland, John H.
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2012.
Descriptionviii, 308 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subjects

Contents Roles of signals and boundaries -- Theory and models: general principles -- Agents and signal processing -- Networks and flows -- Adaptation -- Recombination and reproduction -- Urn models of boundaries -- Boundary hierarchies -- The evolution of niches, a first look -- Language: grammars and niches -- Grammars as finitely generated systems -- An overarching signal/boundary framework -- A dynamic generated system model of ontogeny -- A complete dynamic generated system for signal/boundary studies -- Mathematical models of generated structures -- A short version of the whole.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [297]-301) and index.
LCCN 2011052776
ISBN9780262017831 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0262017830 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks TJ217 .H644 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold