The Perfect swarm : the science of complexity in everyday life /
One of the greatest discoveries of recent times is that the complex patterns we find in life are often produced when all of the individuals in a group follow the same simple rule. This process of "self-organization" reveals itself in the inanimate worlds of crystals and seashells, but as L...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Perseus Books Group,
2009.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- PATTERNS OF THE PERFECT SWARM:VISIONS OF COMPLEXITY IN NATURE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Introduction; The Emergence of Swarm Intelligence; The Locusts and the Bees; Ant Logic; A Force in a Crowd; Group Intelligence:The Majority or the Average?; Consensus:A Foolish Consistency?; Crazes, Contagion, and Communication:The Science of Networks; Decision Rules OK?; Searching for Patterns: Imaginationand Reality; Simple Rules for Complex Situations; NOTES; INDEX.