A Complex Adaptive Systems Model of Organization ChangeNonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences - Tập 1 - Trang 69-97 - 1997
Kevin J. Dooley
The study of complex adaptive systems has yielded great insight into how
complex, organic-like structures can evolve order and purpose over time.
Business organizations, typified by semi-autonomous organizational members
interacting at many levels of cognition and action, can be portrayed by the
generic constructs and driving mechanisms of complex adaptive systems theory.
The purpose of this paper... hiện toàn bộ
Chaos Theory and the Problem of Change in Family SystemsNonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences - Tập 2 - Trang 133-148 - 1998
Matthijs Koopmans
In spite of the fact that nonlinear dynamical models have been used for almost
half a century in the area of family process theory, an appreciation of the
potential of chaos models is a relatively recent development. The present paper
discusses the shift of focus in our understanding of family processes resulting
from Prigogine's chaos framework, and outlines a chaos approach to family
interaction... hiện toàn bộ
A Proper Metaphysics for Cognitive PerformanceNonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences - Tập 7 - Trang 49-60 - 2003
Guy C. Van Orden, Miguel A. Moreno, John G. Holden
The general failure to individuate component causes in cognitive performance
suggests the need for an alternative metaphysics. The metaphysics of control
hierarchy theory accommodates the fact of self-organization in nature and the
possibility that intentional actions are self-organized. One key assumption is
that interactions among processes dominate their intrinsic dynamics. Scaling
relations in... hiện toàn bộ
Heterochromatin and Complexity: A Theoretical ApproachNonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences - Tập 7 - Trang 329-361 - 2003
Gino Spinelli
Heterochromatin represents 30% of eukaryotic genome in Drosophila and 15% in
humans. Despite extensive research spanning many decades, its evolutionary
significance, as well as the forces that guarantee its maintenance, are still
elusive. Many theoretical and experimental approaches have led researchers to
propose several conceptual frameworks to elucidate the nature of this huge
mysterious geneti... hiện toàn bộ
Local Rules: Emergence on Organizational LandscapesNonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences - - 2003
Tim Haslett, Charles Osborne
This paper proposes that the theory of local rules provides a model for
explaining organizational behavior as an emergent property of a fitness
landscape. While local rule theory has its genesis in evolutionary biology, this
paper links it to work in computational mathematical organizational theory. It
further proposes that there are conditions, characterized by coadaptation, under
which rules wil... hiện toàn bộ
Book Review: Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos: Where Do We Go From Here? Edited by S. J. Hogan, A. R. Champneys, B. Krauskopf, M. di Bernardo, R. E. Wilson, H. M. Osinga, and M. E. Homer. Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol, 2002, 358 p. ISBN 0-7503-0862-1Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences - Tập 7 - Trang 277-281 - 2003
Robert A. M. Gregson
Clines: A Reductionist ModelNonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences - Tập 7 - Trang 1-11 - 2003
S. Harris
A piecewise linear model is used to provide a caricature of the nonlinear
equation describing genetic variation due to migration and local natural
selection in an inhomogeneous bounded habitat. The conditions for which
nontrivial spatially-dependent steady state solutions exist are analytically
determined together with these solutions for three distinct scenarios. For the
usual case of no flux (Ne... hiện toàn bộ