ANTICHAOS
Charles François (2004). ANTICHAOS, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 130.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 130 ▶ |
| Object type | Methodology or model |
A process through which “some very disordered systems spontaneously ”crystallize“ into a high degree of order” (After St. KAUFFMAN — 1991, p.64)
According to KAUFFMAN: “Computer models suggest that certain complex systems tend toward self-organization” (Ibid). The subject is closely related to the behavior of composite systems and their self-organized criticality (developed by P. BAK et al. in 1988; 1989; 1991).
It is not however the true antithesis of chaos, since chaos does not generally disorganize complex systems: it only makes the prediction of their behavior quite difficult, or downright impossible.