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June 29, 2009cognitive anthropology, cognitive modeling, cognitive systems, collective intentionality, complexity, computational intelligence, epistemology, financial markets turmoil, particle swarm optimization, swarm, swarm behavior, swarm intelligence

Complexity 101

Here are some nice distinctions drawn about complexity theory by someone coming to the subject with a fresh and curious mind.

February 19, 2009adam smith, aggregation, ants, artificial intelligence, bees, Bernard de Mandeville, Christian List, cognitive modeling, cognitive systems, collaboration, collective intentionality, complexity, computational intelligence, distributed cognition, distributed knowledge, emergence, evolutionary biology, financial markets turmoil, hayek, Mass Collaboration, neurobiology, particle swarm optimization, philosophy of social science, rationality, robotics, robots, spontanous orders, stigmergic, stigmergy, swarm intelligence, The Fable of The Bees, think markets

Now it is becoming clear that group decisions are also extremely valuable for the success of social animals, such as ants, bees, birds and dolphins. And those animals may have a thing or two to teach people about collective decision-making. There’s an article in the Economist entitled “Decisions, decisions: What people can learn from how social…

October 2, 2008Economics, financial markets turmoil, stigmergy, swarm intelligence, Vitorino Ramos

Swarm Markets

Check out a preeminent swarm theorist’s take on the current turmoil on the financial markets. Makes a refreshing change from the sort of analysis you’d see elsewhere.