Collins Conference Room
Seminar
US Mountain Time
Our campus is closed to the public for this event.
Donald Saari (Distinguished Professor: Mathematics and Economics; Director: Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences, University of California at Irvine)
There are many ways to reduce complexity , such as "Divide-and-Conquer." This is a standard approach is the social, physical, behavioral sciences, in engineering, in business, and on and on. The issue explored here is whether this methodology could be introducing a new kind of complexity into the system. The answer, by the way, is yes.
SFI Host: David Krakauer