Yes, it's definitely related. I keep wanting to go back to the paper Marcus posted (coupled Ising sub-models vs global Ising models) and potential mixed phases of subcomponents. Qualitative ascription depends on such mixed states. E.g. the "wetness" of water as opposed to the "dryness" of hard frozen ice as opposed to the "wetness" of ice bathed in room temperature atmosphere. Phase diagrams are nothing if not an attempt to quantify qualities.
On 4/10/20 11:55 AM, Frank Wimberly wrote: > Your last paragraph reminds of simulated annealing. -- ☣ uǝlƃ .-. .- -. -.. --- -- -..-. -.. --- - ... -..-. .- -. -.. -..-. -.. .- ... .... . ... FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/
