Collective Beings

• Main Authors: Minati, Gianfranco (Author), Pessa, Eliano (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2007.
• Series: Contemporary Systems Thinking,
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Organization.; Planning.; Management.; Industrial management.; Philosophy and science.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; System theory.; Philosophy of Science.; Applications of Mathematics.; Innovation/Technology Management.; Philosophy of Technology.; Systems Theory, Control.

With collective behaviors playing a fundamental role in many scientific and technical disciplines, COLLECTIVE BEINGS focuses its attention on socio-economic applications to be used, for example, to increase corporate profitability and productivity. To this end, the book provides the reader with deep...

Table of Contents:

• The Background to Systemics
• Generalizing Systemics and the Role of the Observer
• Emergence
• How to Model Emergence: Traditional Methods
• How to Model Emergence: Non-Traditional Methods
• The Role of Ergodicity
• Applications to Social Systems (1)
• Applications to Social Systems (2)
• Applications to Cognitive Systems: Beyond Computationalism.