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Posted by ""Weaver, Elise A"" <eweaver@WPI.EDU> My understanding of ""emergence"" is that it has to do with what we perceive at different levels of analysis. What we see at one level of analysis (or aggregation) is seen differently at another. The classic exam...

Posted by ""Weaver, Elise A"" <eweaver@WPI.EDU> One more question: What is the order of a system like this: dx/dt = x2 Is it first order, because there is only 1 stock or is it 2nd order because of the exponent? It is certainly non-linear. Elise Posted by ""Weaver, Elis...

Posted by ""Weaver, Elise A"" <eweaver@WPI.EDU> I have to retract my last comments. I was thinking the definition of ""linear rate equation"" referred only to the immediate equation of the rate. I have been reminded to think not just about the immediate equati...

Posted by ""Weaver, Elise A"" <eweaver@WPI.EDU> I have started reading a little about complexity and non-linear dynamics as applied to social systems. It took me a while to understand that when people say ""non-linear"" they are referring to equations for rate...

Posted by ""Weaver, Elise A"" <eweaver@WPI.EDU> > see what others think and how they would progress developing a model with > more short term feedback loops especially regarding decision-making which > does seem to be done spuriously from an observers standpoint. What we may in Y...

Posted by ""Weaver, Elise A"" <eweaver@WPI.EDU> You might also want to read Stephen Flynn http://www.greatertalent.com/bios/flynn.shtml on how closing ports down requires surge capacity. http://www.cfr.org/pub7269/stephen_e_flynn/the_ongoing_neglect_of_maritime_transportation_sec...

Posted by ""Weaver, Elise A"" <eweaver@WPI.EDU> Hello, There are different methodological approaches to sequence effects: 1. Counterbalancing - this is the process of ensuring that different orders of your effects are experienced by different experimental groups. One form, the la...