Complexity Reference: compref304 (BibTex)

Authors: Simon,HA

Year: 1976

Title: How Complex are Compex Systems?

Journal: Philosophy of Science Association, 2, 507-522

Comments: Argues that often apprent complexity is not a barrier to understanding since: the measure of complexity is often naive or overly pessimistic; the apprent complexity may be a result of the worng underlying assumptions; and that a strategy of pattern induction followed by a special analysis of chosen sub-cases often bring proactical results. List many different definitions of complexity.

Keywords: EVOLUTION, SCIENCE, DECOMPOSABILITY, COMPLEXITY, PHILOSOPHY, SYSTEMS,

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