February 13, 2003

Networks

Unraveling the Mysteries of the Connected Age
Quote: "What is it about complex, connected systems that makes them so hard to understand? How is it that assembling a large collection of components into a system results in something altogether different from a large collection of components?...As different as all these questions appear, they are all versions of the same question -- how does individual behavior aggregate to collective behavior?"
Comment: Interesting exploration of networks - characteristics, vulnerabilities, functioning under stress...

Posted by gsiemens at February 13, 2003 9:44 AM