Emerging Patterns and Behaviors

The last point implies that for a system embedded in the plane, communication 

A typical evolution starting from an initial state in which all sites are randomly assigned t = — 1 with probability p = 1/2 is shown in figure 8.24. Notice the rapid development of complex local connectivity patterns, the appearance of which points to a geometrical self-organization. 

In general, structural behaviors emerging from random value states under typical Fs can be grouped into four representative categories  

Category 1 Initial states decay into structurally much simpler final states in which most links have been destroyed so that the graph G consists essentially of a large number of small local subgraphs. 

Category 4 Category 4 includes a remarkable set of rules whose action appears to lead to a sustained global dynamics during which the value of Deftec remains almost constant. That is, particular combinations of E and fl effectively induce a 

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