A General Methodology for Designing Self-Organizing Systems

This paper presents a conceptual framework for speaking about self-organizing systems. The aim is to provide a methodology useful for designing and controlling systems developed to solve complex problems. A brief introduction to complexity and selforganization is given before introducing the conceptual framework and the methodology. A case study on self-organizing traffic lights illustrates the ideas presented in the paper.

• Publication year

  2005

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  arXiv.org

• Publication date

  2005-05-03

• Fields of study

  Physics, Computer Science, Engineering

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  arXiv nlin/0505009
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