%0 Conference Paper %1 Gershenson2003 %A Gershenson, Carlos %A Heylighen, Francis %B Advances in Artificial Life, 7th European Conference (ECAL 2003), LNAI 2801 %C Dortmund, Germany %D 2003 %I Springer %K %P 606-614 %T When Can we Call a System Self-organizing? %X We do not attempt to provide yet another definition of selforganization, but explore the conditions under which we can model a system as self-organizing. These involve the dynamics of entropy, and the purpose, aspects, and description level chosen by an observer. We show how, changing the level or “graining�? of description, the same system can appear selforganizing or self-disorganizing. We discuss ontological issues we face when studying self-organizing systems, and analyse when designing and controlling artificial self-organizing systems is useful. We conclude that self-organization is a way of observing systems, not an absolute class of systems.

@inproceedings{Gershenson2003, abstract = {We do not attempt to provide yet another definition of selforganization, but explore the conditions under which we can model a system as self-organizing. These involve the dynamics of entropy, and the purpose, aspects, and description level chosen by an observer. We show how, changing the level or “graining�? of description, the same system can appear selforganizing or self-disorganizing. We discuss ontological issues we face when studying self-organizing systems, and analyse when designing and controlling artificial self-organizing systems is useful. We conclude that self-organization is a way of observing systems, not an absolute class of systems.}, added-at = {2012-08-06T21:22:28.000+0200}, address = {Dortmund, Germany}, author = {Gershenson, Carlos and Heylighen, Francis}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2edff28a982c4af24b553348ccedd2bf3/lucio_duarte}, booktitle = {Advances in Artificial Life, 7th European Conference (ECAL 2003), LNAI 2801}, file = {Gershenson2003.pdf:Gershenson2003.pdf:PDF}, groups = {public}, interhash = {b63261d68496e22f265a122fa5f91fbb}, intrahash = {edff28a982c4af24b553348ccedd2bf3}, keywords = {}, pages = {606-614}, publisher = {Springer}, timestamp = {2012-08-06T21:22:28.000+0200}, title = {When Can we Call a System Self-organizing?}, username = {lucio_duarte}, year = 2003 }