Simulation-Based Definitions of Emergence

Simulation-Based Definitions of Emergence

One approach to characterizing the elusive notion of emergence is to define that a property is emergent if and only if its presence can be derived but only by simulation. In this paper I investigate the pros and cons of this approach, focusing in particular on whether an appropriately distinct boundary can be drawn between simulation-based and non-simulation-based methods. I also examine the im...

Elements about the Emergence Issue A survey of emergence definitions

Emergence, a concept that first appeared in philosophy, has been widely explored in the domain of complex systems and is sometimes considered to be the key ingredient that makes “complex systems” “complex”. Our goal in this paper is to give a broad survey of emergence definitions, to extract a shared definition structure and to discuss some of the remaining issues. We do not know of any compara...

Emergence and Software development Based on a Survey of Emergence Definitions

Emergence and Simulation

One approach to characterizing the elusive notion of emergence is to define that a property is emergent if and only if its presence can be derived but only by simulation. In this paper I investigate the pros and cons of this approach, focusing in particular on whether an appropriately distinct boundary can be drawn between simulation-based and non-simulation-based methods. I also examine the im...

Towards an Emergence-Driven Software Process for Agent-Based Simulation

‡ Partially supported by FCT/PRAXIS XXI, Portugal, grant number BD/21595/99. ¥ Partially supported by CNPq, Brazil, grant number 301041/95-4, and by project MAPPEL (PROTEM -CC, CNPq/NSF), grant number 680033/99-8. Abstract. In this paper we propose an emergence-driven software process for agent-based simulation that clarifies the traceability of micro and macro observations to micro and macro s...