Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
9-2018
Abstract
Analyzing how agent interactions affect macro-level self-organized behaviors can yield a deeper understanding of how complex adaptive systems work. The dynamic nature of complex systems makes it difficult to determine if, or when, a system has reached a state of equilibrium or is about to undergo a major transition reflecting the appearance of self-organized states. Using the notion of local neighborhood entropy, this paper presents a metric for evaluating the macro-level order of a system. The metric is tested in two dissimilar complex adaptive systems with self-organizing properties: An autonomous swarm searching for multiple dynamic targets and Conway's Game of Life. In both domains, the proposed metric is able to graphically capture periods of increasing and decreasing self-organization (i.e. changes in macro-level order), equilibrium and points of criticality; displaying its general applicability in identifying these behaviors in complex adaptive systems. Abstract © 2018 IEEE.
Source Publication
2018 IEEE 12th International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems (SASO)
Recommended Citation
D. King and G. Peterson, "A Macro-Level Order Metric for Self-Organizing Adaptive Systems," 2018 IEEE 12th International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems (SASO), Trento, Italy, 2018, pp. 60-69, doi: 10.1109/SASO.2018.00017.
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