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Emergence in Complex, Cognitive, Social, and Biological Systems

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  • © 2002

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Editors:
  1. Gianfranco Minati

    1. Italian Systems Society, Milan, Italy

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  2. Eliano Pessa

    1. University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

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Table of contents (32 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Opening Lecture

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Synergetics - An Overview

      • Hermann Haken
      Pages 3-14

  3. Modelling

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. A First Cellular Automata Model of Red Mullet Behaviour

      • Fabio Badalamenti, Giovanni D’ Anna, Salvatore Di Gregorio, Carlo Pipitone, Giuseppe A. Trunfio
      Pages 17-30

    3. Simulations of Forest Fires by Cellular Automata Modelling

      • Erminia Bendicenti, Salvatore Di Gregorio, Francesco M. Falbo, Angela Iezzi
      Pages 31-40

    4. The Dynamic Usage of Models (DYSAM)

      • Gianfranco Minati, Sabrina Brahms
      Pages 41-52

  4. Cognitive Science

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53
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    2. The Emergence of Strategies in Cognitive Development

      • Maria Pietronilla Penna
      Pages 55-62

    3. Emergence of the Symbolic Function

      • Graziano Terenzi
      Pages 63-74

    4. Synaptic Development as a Variational Problem

      • Paolo Camiz
      Pages 75-82

  5. Theoretical Issues in Systemics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
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    2. Emergence and Ergodicity: A Line of Research

      • Gianfranco Minati
      Pages 85-102

    3. Decomposition of Systems

      • Mario R. Abram
      Pages 103-116

    4. Generic Properties of Complex Networks

      • Roberto Serra
      Pages 117-125

    5. The Role of Stability Theory in the Great Theories of the XX Century

      • Umberto Di Caprio
      Pages 127-140

    6. A Generalization of Compensation Mechanism in Variable-Structure Systems

      • Eliano Pessa, Germano Resconi
      Pages 141-149

  6. Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151
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    2. A Systemic Proposal on the Use of a New Technology as a Learning Tool in School Context

      • Maria Pietronilla Penna, Vera Stara, Natale Bonfiglio
      Pages 153-157

    3. A System Approach to the Educational Research: Reflection on an Experience

      • Adalberto Codetta Raiteri, Renza Cambini
      Pages 159-176
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The systems movement is made up of many systems societies as well as of disciplinary researchers and researches, explicitly or implicitly focusing on the subject of systemics, officially introduced in the scientific community fifty years ago. Many researches in different fields have been and continue to be sources of new ideas and challenges for the systems community. To this regard, a very important topic is the one of EMERGENCE. Between the goals for the actual and future systems scientists there is certainly the definition of a general theory of emergence and the building of a general model of it. The Italian Systems Society, Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sui Sistemi (AIRS), decided to devote its Second National Conference to this subject. Because AIRS is organized under the form of a network of researchers, institutions, scholars, professionals, and teachers, its research activity has an impact at different levels and in different ways. Thus the topic of emergence was not only the focus of this conference but it is actually the main subject of many AIRS activities.

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  • Italian Systems Society, Milan, Italy

    Gianfranco Minati

  • University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

    Eliano Pessa

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