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At 2+ years in Area 51 we have to close this proposal. Keep this proposal alive by restarting it. See discuss.area51.stackexchange.com/q/5798. – Robert Cartaino♦ Apr 11 at 21:31

closed as not a viable proposal by Robert Cartaino♦ Apr 11 at 21:31

This proposal will not result in a useful, productive, or viable Q&A site.

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added by Piotr Migdal, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jan 31 '12 at 19:32

Remember that we only have 5 votes each and votes above 10 do not help a proposal definition, so many people consider every vote over 10 to be a wasted vote. It is far more useful to use your vote to approve of a question with fewer than 10 votes. Also, if a question you have already voted on now has more than 10 votes, remember that you can remove your up vote and put it on another suitable question, to help us get through the definition phase more quickly. – Mark Booth Nov 16 '12 at 14:34

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added by Christian Mar 6 '11 at 16:40

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added by Jamin, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jan 31 '12 at 19:31

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added by Jamin, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jan 31 '12 at 19:31

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added by Kent Palmer, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Mar 6 '11 at 8:38

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added by Kent Palmer, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Mar 6 '11 at 8:38

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added by David Mar 15 '11 at 19:44

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added by jonsca May 16 '11 at 10:20

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added by Kent Palmer, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Mar 6 '11 at 8:38

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added by Kent Palmer Mar 4 '11 at 3:13

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added by Kent Palmer Mar 4 '11 at 3:18

similar question on phil.SE – Artem Kaznatcheev May 14 '12 at 21:15

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added by Piotr Migdal Mar 20 '11 at 13:33

that rather depends on the nature of their reactions, the structure of the network etc... Examples with multiple, single or no phase transition as interaction strength varies shouldn't be too hard to find/construct. – drevicko Jun 13 '12 at 4:55

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added by Piotr Migdal, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jan 31 '12 at 19:33

Cool stuff, but "is there research on ..." is really a question for google scholar or a journal DB. Might be better phrased as "can insect swarms be modelled as particles bound by some potential?" – naught101 Mar 2 '12 at 14:34

I agree, Naught101, but then finding the right search terms can be hard for someone new to the field. Answers to a question like this could be very helpful. Also, I'd immagine there's alot of terminology specific to application areas that experienced complex systems scientists may not be aware of. – drevicko Jun 13 '12 at 5:00

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added by David, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jan 31 '12 at 19:32

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added by David, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jan 31 '12 at 19:32

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added by Douglas S. Stones Aug 22 '11 at 1:13

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added by Douglas S. Stones Aug 22 '11 at 1:14

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added by Artem Kaznatcheev Sep 4 '11 at 16:47

see for example: rjlipton.wordpress.com/2011/02/21/… – Artem Kaznatcheev Sep 4 '11 at 16:49

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added by Jamin, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jan 31 '12 at 19:31

the ANU in Canberra, Australia has a multidisciplinary systems science course, and I know of an Erasmus Mundus course on complex systems. A quick google would probably turn up a whole lot more... – drevicko Jun 13 '12 at 4:57

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added by hhh Mar 7 '12 at 17:24

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added by Verbeia Mar 8 '12 at 21:45

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added by Artem Kaznatcheev Jul 17 '12 at 23:16

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added by Merbs Dec 4 '12 at 4:29

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added by stacky-bit Dec 23 '12 at 1:36

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added by Douglas S. Stones Aug 22 '11 at 1:10

See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/… – Douglas S. Stones Aug 22 '11 at 1:12

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added by silvado Oct 19 '12 at 9:08

fourier transform and see if the power distribution reassembles a noise? – Sean Dec 27 '12 at 23:31

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added by jkn Aug 25 '12 at 1:07

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added by Artem Kaznatcheev Jul 17 '12 at 23:17

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added by Trylks Dec 12 '12 at 16:38

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added by Frode Randers Nov 20 '11 at 18:41

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added by Douglas S. Stones Dec 20 '12 at 10:07

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added by Artem Kaznatcheev Feb 26 at 6:49

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added by silvado Mar 15 at 19:00

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added by infoholic_anonymous Aug 24 '12 at 21:25

	Why minus? This was actually a subject of a few academic papers and is an example of applying systems theory to the social sciences. – infoholic_anonymous Sep 12 '12 at 22:26
	It might be the reference request, they're not always a favorite. I like them. – QuietThud Nov 24 '12 at 10:30
	+1 for courage to ask interdisciplinary question. I used to get down-vote for such questions. – Xaqron Apr 5 at 20:17

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added by EpiGrad Oct 16 '12 at 9:34

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added by Sean Dec 27 '12 at 23:30

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added by Trylks Jan 29 at 15:22

I think this may be related with cybernetics. There is some kind of feedback in terms of information and cost. – Trylks Jan 29 at 15:22

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added by Trylks Jan 29 at 18:33

I'd really like to have some background on systems science to study all these things with that perspective. And I need a place to ask questions... :-/ – Trylks Jan 29 at 18:34