Title :
Lessons from complex systems modeling: Crisis, innovation, decision making
Author_Institution :
Complex Syst. Studies, Center for Complex Syst. Studies, Kalamazoo College, MI, USA
Abstract :
Model and truth: By thinking in terms of and with the help of models, we consciously give up a language, which implies that we might be the only ones, who are able to know the only truth. We do not say that ldquothese are the facts, and only the facts matterrdquo. A more appropriate language says: ldquoBy assuming this and that, and adopting the set of these rules, we may imply this and thatrdquo. This is not a shame. We may admit that we are not the owners of the final and infallible truth.
Keywords :
Gaussian distribution; decision making; large-scale systems; modelling; neurophysiology; patents; politics; stock markets; complex systems modeling; epilepsy; financial crisis; innovation; patent citation network; public policy decision making processes; rule adoption; Biological neural networks; Computer crashes; Decision making; Epilepsy; Explosions; Modeling; Neurons; Probability distribution; Stock markets; Technological innovation;
Conference_Titel :
Neural Networks, 2009. IJCNN 2009. International Joint Conference on
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3548-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1098-7576
DOI :
10.1109/IJCNN.2009.5179089
