Complexity: Metaphors, Models, and Reality
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Foreword
George A. Cowan and David Pines
Conference Opening Remarks
George A. Cowan
Fundamental Concepts
The Eightfold Way to the Theory of Complexity: A Prologue
Philip W. Anderson
Complex Adaptive Systems
Murray Gell-Mann
On the Complexity of Cultural Transmission and Evolution
Marcus Feldman, Luigi L. Cavalli-Sforza, and Lev A. Zhivotovsky
On the Evolution of Complexity
W. Brian Arthur
Whispers from Carnot: The Origins of Order and Principles of Adaptation in Complex Nonequilibrium Systems
Stuart A. Kauffman
Evolution and Complexity
Tom S. Ray
Examples of Complex Adaptive Systems
Proteins as Adaptive Complex Systems
Hans Frauenfelder
The Theoretical Problems in Immunology: AIDS and Epitopes
Alan S. Perelson
Developmental Complexity and Evolutionary Order
Brian Goodwin
What Would be Conserved if `The Tape Were Played Twice?'
Walter Fontana and Leo Buss
Complexity of Brain Circuits
Charles Stevens
A Complex Systems Approach to Computational Molecular Biology
Alan Lapedes
Echoing Emergence: Objectives, Rough Definitions, and Speculations for ECHO-Class Models
John H. Holland
Prediction and Adaptation in an Evolving Chaotic Environment
Alfred Huebler and David Pines
How do RNA Molecules and Viruses Explore Their World?
Peter Schuster
Complex Ecological Systems
James H. Brown
Beyond General Equilibrium
Kenenth Arrow
The Major Transitions in Evolution
John Maynard Smith
Nonadaptive Systems, Scaling, Self-Similarity, and Measures of complexity
Cellular Automata: Complex Nonadaptive Systems
Erica Jen
Self-Organized Criticality: A Holistic View of Nature
Per Bak
Dynamics, Computation, and the `Edge of Chaos': A Re-Examination
Melanie Mitchell, James P. Crutchfield, and Peter T. Hraber
Is Anything Ever New? Considering Emergence
James P. Crutchfield
General Discussion
Review and Remarks on Applications
John H. Holland
Interactions Between Theory, Models, and Observations
Erica Jen
Search for Consensual Views
David Pines
What are the Important Questions?
George A. Cowan
Summary Remarks
George A. Cowan
Afterwords
From Metaphors to Reality?
George A. Cowan and David Pines
Index