The Demystification of Emergent Behavior

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2009-07-06

arxiv.org/abs/0907.1117v1

Physics

General Physics

9 Pages

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Emergent behavior that appears at a given level of organization may be characterized as arising from an organizationally lower level in such a way that it transcends a mere increase in the behavioral degree of complexity. It is therefore to be distinguished from chaotic behavior, which is deterministic but unpredictable because of an exponential dependence on initial conditions. In emergent phenomena, higher-levels of organization are not determined by lower-levels of organization; or, more colloquially, emergent behavior is often said to be "greater than the sum of the parts". This essay is intended to demystify at least some aspects of the mystery of emergence.

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