Self-organizing systems: what, how, and why?

Abstract I present a personal account of self-organizing systems, framing relevant questions to better understand self-organization, information, complexity, and emergence. With this aim, I start with a notion and examples of self-organizing systems (what?), continue with their properties and relate...

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Main Author: Carlos Gershenson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-03-01
Series:npj Complexity
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s44260-025-00031-5
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Summary:Abstract I present a personal account of self-organizing systems, framing relevant questions to better understand self-organization, information, complexity, and emergence. With this aim, I start with a notion and examples of self-organizing systems (what?), continue with their properties and related concepts (how?), and close with applications (why?) in physics, chemistry, biology, collective behavior, ecology, communication networks, robotics, artificial intelligence, linguistics, social science, urbanism, philosophy, and engineering.
ISSN:2731-8753