Building Blocks for Complex Adaptive Systems
In this book, one of today's most innovative thinkers, John H. Holland, explains the theory of emergencea simple theory that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Emergence demonstrates that a small number of rules or laws can generate i...
In this Very Short Introduction, John Holland presents an introduction to the science of complexity. Using examples from biology and economics, he shows how complexity science models the behaviour of complex systems.
John H. Holland is Professor of Psychology and Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan; he is also Trustee and External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute. He is the author of Hidden Order: How Adaptation Builds Complexity and other books.