[FRIAM] yet another test model

2006-12-16 Thread Phil Henshaw
We definitely need better models of complex system events. Here's another, to help imagine growth as a spontaneous evolutionary process, as if an organizational 'fire' that begins with a 'spark' of change. It's obvious enough that growth systems produce rapid change in complex systems without

Re: [FRIAM] yet another test model

2006-12-16 Thread J T Johnson
Phil: I like your model, and especially so if we can figure out ways to drill down analytically into the various levels of data that should be found in the period between Before and After. And I just may use it in a lecture in a few weeks (with all due attribution, of course). You wrote: "s

Re: [FRIAM] Democracy and evolution

2006-12-16 Thread Marcus G. Daniels
Phil Henshaw wrote: > Growth taken to it's absolute limit always leads to an absolutely > impenetrable wall of > complexity, at which point turbulence or it's equivalents interrupt the > whole process. I don't think we want to do that. > To control a system a regulator must be able to absorb

[FRIAM] Carrot Clustering Engine

2006-12-16 Thread Owen Densmore
The Carrot Clustering Engine is getting pretty good: http://demo.carrot2.org/demo-stable/search?q=complex+adaptive+systems The idea is simple: the results of standard search engines are too unstructured. The Carrot project has been doing a great job of very fast clustering .. fast enough s

Re: [FRIAM] yet another test model

2006-12-16 Thread Phil Henshaw
Glad you like it! Sometimes a model works better when it's not completely consistent with the facts. The beginning of growth is never a big event, but calling it 'an earth shaking boom' conveys the significance of it's as yet undiscovered future.This one also plays a little loose with switc

Re: [FRIAM] Carrot Clustering Engine

2006-12-16 Thread Phil Henshaw
rather good it seems... > > The Carrot Clustering Engine is getting pretty good: > > http://demo.carrot2.org/demo-stable/search?q=complex+adaptive+systems > > The idea is simple: the results of standard search engines are too > unstructured. The Carrot project has been doing a great job of

Re: [FRIAM] Democracy and evolution

2006-12-16 Thread Phil Henshaw
Marcus wrote: > Phil Henshaw wrote: > > Growth taken to it's absolute limit always leads to an absolutely > > impenetrable wall of complexity, at which point turbulence > > or it's equivalents interrupt the > > whole process. I don't think we want to do that. > > > To control a system a regu