- From: Yrjana Rankka <ghard@openlinksw.com>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:46:52 +0200
- To: John Erickson <olyerickson@gmail.com>
- Cc: Linked Data community <public-lod@w3.org>
Thanks a 10^6 ! Been looking for some good resources on the subject for a while. Mr. Yrjänä Rankka On Jun 20, 2011, at 0:52, John Erickson <olyerickson@gmail.com> wrote: > Henry Story asked... > >> Perhaps a more scientific way to express this is within the language of self-organising systems. There is a lot of research there which is relevant to us. >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self_organising_systems >> >> I am a bit new to this area. Any books I must read? > > I responded to Henry personally with the following, which Henry > suggested I send to the list... > > <snip> > Caution: The study of self-organizing systems will keep you up all > night with its coolness! ;) > > You asked for some book recommendations; these are a few on my shelf. > I think the only "required" reading is "Out of Control," which will > blow you mind, and the rest will just complement that ;) > > 1. Kevin Kelly, "Out of Control" > 2. Mikhail Prokopenko (ed), "Advances in Applied Self-Organizing Systems" > 3. Ozalp Babaoglu, et.al., "Self-star Properties in Complex Information Systems" > 4. Yaneer Bar-Yam, "Dynamics of Complex Systems" > 5. Martin A. Nowak, "Evolutionary Dynamics: Exploring the Equations of Life" > > An example chapter from Nowak: "Evolutionary Graph Theory" ;) > > BTW, if you haven't already, install NetLego > <http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/> immediately. Serious work going > on there, but very accessible! > > </snip> > > > -- > John S. Erickson, Ph.D. > http://bitwacker.com > olyerickson@gmail.com > Twitter: @olyerickson > Skype: @olyerickson >
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