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"Unwrapping occurs when the "solution" is explicitly built into the program from the start."
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John Henry Holland"Even though these complex systems differ in detail, the question of coherence under change is the central enigma for each."
John Henry Holland was an American scientist and professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan. He was a pioneer in what became known as genetic algorithms.
"Unwrapping occurs when the "solution" is explicitly built into the program from the start."
"This use of building blocks to generate internal models is a pervasive feature of complex adaptive systems."
"When a new building block is discovered, the result is usually a range of innovations."
"With theory, we can separate fundamental characteristics from fascinating idiosyncrasies and incidental features. Theory supplies landmarks and guideposts, and we begin to know what to observe and where to act."
"nonlinear interactions almost always make the behavior of the aggregate more complicated than would be predicted by summing or averaging."
"If we are to understand the interactions of a large number of agents, we must first be able to describe the capabilities of individual agents."