Emergent Behavior

Full Title or Meme

Emergent Behavior refers to the way complex systems and patterns arise out of a multiplicity of relatively simple interactions.

Context

• Emergent Behavior refers to the way complex systems and patterns arise out of a multiplicity of relatively simple interactions. Emergence refers to the way complex systems and patterns arise out of a multiplicity of relatively simple interactions. It is also the most striking feature of Self-organization.
• Emergent properties are those that are not present in the individual components of a system but arise from their interactions
• Emergence lives in the place between dependance and autonomy, between predictable and random. It tries to explicate the dualism of the world, which extends even to the dualism of Quantum Mechanics where the fundamental parts are neither waves that travel through space or prickles that are observed as events.

Problem

• Many parts of our world, perhaps even the entire universe, seems to be too complex given the very simple rules that the elemental parts' behavior could not possibly predict.
• One does not need to understand Quantum Mechanics to describe a tornado or attempt to predict its path.
• Identity Models are constructed to describe complex Ecosystems that have component parts that are constantly changing, yet the identifier of the living organisms in an Ecosystem can have Identifiers that work well for years or even eons.
• Everything is in flux. You cannot step twice into the same river, for it is not the same river and you are not the same person.

Solution

• For biological ecosystems an Emergent Behavior arises from evolution. Once an organism is born, it will have some genetical determined behaviors at birth. After birth it will learn new behaviors to match the environment where it lives.
• For Artificial Intelligence or other complex computer systems, an Emergent Behavior is one that was not expected during the programing of the system.