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Delve into the realm of Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) with a focus on energy, entropy, and information. Unravel the driving forces, architecture, and fundamental properties while examining verification and validation processes. Explore the dynamic interplay of self-organization, emergence, and feedback within CAS.
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Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) Mirsad Hadzikadic
CAS Architecture
System in General • Energy, Entropy, Information • Measure of Complexity • Driving Force • Architecture • Fundamental Properties • Verification & Validation
Energy, Entropy, Information • Energy – sustains and constrains • Entropy – provides direction, defines possibilities • Information – connects, amplifies, “new energy?”
Measure of Complexity • Many proposed • Context dependent? • Useful?
Architecture • Processing vs. Representation Element • Brain • Society
Driving Force • What We Know We Know (Baseline) • Receive/Seek New Input • Measure Outcome (utility, reward/punishment, efficiency, cost, risk, equity, …) • Compare to Expected Outcome (value, direction, rate, frequency, recency, …) • Evaluate w.r.t. the Incentive (new baseline)
Fundamental Properties • Threshold • Emergence • Self-organization
Verification & Validation • Verification – system specifications • Validation – functionality, utility • System sensitivity (chaos) • Optimizing parameters to explain and/or predict