Complex Adaptive System
A Complex Adaptive System is a complex systems that is an adaptive system.
- See: Macrostructure (Sociology), Dynamic Network Analysis, Collective Behavior, Self-Organizing, Agent-based System.
References
2014
- (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/complex_adaptive_system Retrieved:2014-1-6.
- Complex adaptive systems are special cases of complex systems, often defined as a 'complex macroscopic collection' of relatively 'similar and partially connected micro-structures' – formed in order to adapt to the changing environment, and increase its survivability as a macro-structure.
They are complex in that they are dynamic networks of interactions, and their relationships are not aggregations of the individual static entities. They are adaptive ; in that the individual and collective behavior mutate and self-organize corresponding to the change-initiating micro-event or collection of events.
- Complex adaptive systems are special cases of complex systems, often defined as a 'complex macroscopic collection' of relatively 'similar and partially connected micro-structures' – formed in order to adapt to the changing environment, and increase its survivability as a macro-structure.
2011
- (He, 2011) ⇒ Jun He. (2011). “Complexity in Adaptive Systems.” In: (Sammut & Webb, 2011) p.194