TY - BOOK AU - Holland,John H. TI - Signals and Boundaries: Building Blocks for Complex Adaptive Systems T2 - The MIT Press Series SN - 9780262305891 U1 - 003 PY - 2012/// CY - Cambridge PB - MIT Press KW - Adaptive control systems KW - Adaptation (Biology) -- Mathematical models KW - Signals and signaling -- Mathematical models KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 The Roles of Signals and Boundaries -- 2 Theory and Models: General Principles -- 3 Agents and Signal Processing -- 4 Networks and Flows -- 5 Adaptation -- 6 Recombination and Reproduction -- 7 Urn Models of Boundaries -- 8 Boundary Hierarchies -- 9 The Evolution of Niches-A First Look -- 10 Language: Grammars and Niches -- 11 Grammars as Finitely Generated Systems -- 12 An Overarching Signal/Boundary Framework -- 13 A Dynamic Generated System Model of Ontogeny -- 14 A Complete Dynamic Generated System for Signal/Boundary Studies -- 15 Mathematical Models of Generated Structures -- 16 A Short Version of the Whole -- References -- Index N2 - An overarching framework for comparing and steering complex adaptive systems is developed through understanding the mechanisms that generate their intricate signal/boundary hierarchies UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3339466 ER -