Contrasting emergence: In systems of systems and in social networks. (July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zeigler, Bernard P
• Is Part Of: Journal of defense modeling and simulation. Volume 13:Number 3(2016:Jul.)
• Page Start: 271
• Page End: 274
• Publication Date: 2016-07
• Subjects: Emergence -- system of systems -- social media -- national health care system -- Twitter topic dynamics -- emergence behavior observation; Military art and science -- Computer simulation -- Periodicals; 355.0011305
• DOI: 10.1177/1548512916636934
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1548-5129

Abstract

This article considers emergence in the context of systems of systems, examining the earlier proposed tri-layered architecture in some depth. In contrast with healthcare reform, a social media phenomenon, the emergence of topics in the Twitter user community, is shown not to satisfy a critical condition of the architecture. Nevertheless, detection of topic emergence is shown to offer insights into the design of Emergence Behavior Observers.