Theoretical steps towards modelling resilience in complex systems
Authored by C Hawes, C Reed
Date Published: 2006
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Abstract
This paper reports on theoretical work aimed at providing a harmonious
set of tools for tackling the thorny problem of resilience in complex
systems. Specifically, key features of resilience are laid out, and the
ramifications on necessary theoretical and implementational machinery
are analysed. These ramifications constitute a problem definition that, to the authors' knowledge, no extant system is sufficiently
sophisticated to meet. It is, however, possible to identify existing
components that can be combined to provide the necessary expressivity.
In particular, theoretical ecology has individual based modelling
approaches that are consonant with artificial intelligence techniques in
multi-agent systems, and in philosophical logic, channel theory provides
a mechanism for modelling both system energy and system information
flow. The paper demonstrates that it is possible to integrate these
components into a coherent theoretical framework, laying a foundation
for implementation and testing.
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