EMERGENT SYSTEM (Properties of the)
Charles François (2004). EMERGENT SYSTEM (Properties of the), International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 1064.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 1064 ▶ |
| Object type | General information |
A. WILDEN enumerates the following properties, as characteristics of any emergent system:
- “- An increased adaptative range
- An increased viability
- An increased variety (complexity)
- Structural innovations
- A new organizational order
- The shaping of modified subsystems (later on)
- An enhanced selectivity
- Changes in adaptive order and learning
- An increased mnemonic capacity
- More varied simulations possibilities
- Increased opportunities for changing goals
- An increase of the systems sensibility to noise“
- “The 2nd. order negative feedback under the guise of emergence, implies thus a recodification or renormalization, in the sense of restructuration” (1972, p.62).