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Santa Fe - Agent Based Modeling
Written on June 11, by Erik Van den broecke
Third day of the Summer School: Wednesday, June 8, 2010. The stars of the day have been Stephen Guerin and Owen Densmore. Their hands on demo on Agent Based Modeling convinced us all of the power of this technique. Not only to simulate behavior of ants, flocks or birds, but also to provide solutions for complex social and business problems.
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Networking in Santa Fe
Written on June 11, by Erik Van den broecke
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First Day of the Complexity Science Summer School
Written on June 8, by Erik Van den broecke
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KVIV and Complexity
Written on May 7, by Erik Van den broecke
In 2009 the think tank of the Royal Society of Flemish Engineers (KVIV) came to the conclusion that, in the today society, there exists a growing need to better understand the nature of complex systems, seen the rising importance of complex problems and challenges that face the world.
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The importance of small initiatives
Written on March 18, by Erik Van den broecke
Thursday, February 18th, I was invited to a graduation ceremony at Utrecht, The Netherlands. The invitation drew my attention because the graduating students were quite interesting. All of them had over 20 years of business experience and the last 18 months had invested more than 40 days in their Master in Advanced Change Management. Count an additional 40 days for literature, class prep and social events. I was curious what these business veterans had learned.
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Wikipedia and Termite Hills
Written on March 17, by Erik Van den broecke
One of the most remarkable insights that came to me during last months, links Wikipedia with termite hills. Of course Wikipedia has an article on termite hills. One can read that these hills can become real cathedrals, up to 10 meters high in Australia. But here I want to focus on the fact that the high tech Wikipedia community uses the same mechanisms to build its word-cathedrals, than the ancient termites.
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The fifth stage of the ICT revolution, part 1
Written on February 9, by Erik Van den broecke
Thomas P Hughes (°1929) is an American historian of technology and visiting professor of MIT and Stanford. In 2000 he gave an interesting lecture, comparing the second industrial revolution with the third industrial, or ICT, revolution. He states that the second industrial revolution, which was all about the invention and adoption of electrical power systems, went through five stages.
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