Harnessing Complexity Review
Frame: Complex Adaptive Systems
Harnessing Complexity
by Robert Axelrod and Michael D. Cohen – Review by Bryan Coffman
This review walks us through the components of the model presented by Axelrod and Cohen and provides brief explanations of each component of the model. We learn about agents and the strategies they employ, and how strategies adopt over time.
Table of Contents
- The Components of the Model
- An Agent
- A Type of Agent
- A Population of Agents
- A Strategy
- Variation
- Selection
- Adoption
- Complex Adaptive Systems
- An Overview of the Complex Adaptive Systems Framework
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