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The perfect swarm : the science of complexity in everyday life / Len Fisher.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fisher, Len.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Swarm intelligence--Social aspects.
- Swarm intelligence.
- Group decision making.
- Group problem solving.
- Social groups--Psychological aspects.
- Social groups.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (280 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The IgNobel Prize-winner and author of Rock, Paper, Scissors applies science-based solutions to seemingly complex problems in life.
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; PATTERNS OF THE PERFECT SWARM:VISIONS OF COMPLEXITY IN NATURE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Introduction; The Emergence of Swarm Intelligence; The Locusts and the Bees; Ant Logic; A Force in a Crowd; Group Intelligence:The Majority or the Average?; Consensus:A Foolish Consistency?; Crazes, Contagion,and Communication:The Science of Networks; Decision Rules OK?; Searching for Patterns: Imaginationand Reality; Simple Rules for Complex Situations; NOTES; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-45003-4
- 9786612450037
- 0-465-02085-2
- OCLC:
- 609855104
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