ECOLOGY (Computational)
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 1005 ▶ |
| Object type | Discipline oriented |
The computer modeling of emergent and autopoietic properties in networks of interacting artefacts.
S. GOONATILAKE states: “As Artificial Intelligence devices and communication devices become increasingly interconnected, patterns of information classification and of information processing are allowed to form spontaneously from unplanned interactions that arise from within the system itself. In doing so, these devices enter into the realm of autopoietic processes”. Furthermore “Some of the evolutionary characteristics revealed in these systems are reminiscent of punctuated equilibrium in biology” (1991, p.163-4).
The emergence of autopoietic properties was first modelized by F. VARELA, H. MATURANA and R. URIBE (1974) and developed by M. ZELENY and N.A. PIERRE (1976).
The subject is closely related to connectionism and connection machines.