** this Wednesday** Lecture May 31 12:30p - Carlos Gershenson: A General Methodology for Designing Self-Organizing Systems

Posted by Carlos Gershenson on Jun 01, 2006; 12:19am
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Hi Phil,

> "Do these methods address the response time limitations for human
> responses to change?"

The answer is yes. Self-organizing systems are precisely useful for  
that, since elements of the system try to find solutions to a problem  
by themselves, without human intervention, so they help reduce human-
induced delays. If there's a change in the environment, the elements  
reconfigure to find the solution for the current situation.

Best regards,

     Carlos Gershenson...
     Centrum Leo Apostel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
     Krijgskundestraat 33. B-1160 Brussels, Belgium
     http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~cgershen/

   ?Tendencies tend to change...?