Tools for Complex Systems Research

Authors: Erik Verbeeck

Three tools for research in complex systems are presented. Hierarchy Theory explicitly separates the role of the observer and the observed object and looks for powerful viewpoints. Logical Level Analysis sorts out confusions between strategies and objectives in a system and identifies the origin of a malfunction. Econophysics has developed models for systems where a large number of agents interact and self-organised macroscopic behaviour is displayed.

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Publish Year: 2004

Conference: Copenhagen, Denmark (2004)