A broad research program on the sciences of complexity: Annual report

Technical Report · Tue Dec 20 04:00:00 EST 1988

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6190729· OSTI ID:6190729

1988 was the first full year of operation on the Santa Fe Institute, under multiyear grants from the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation, with additional major grants from Citicorp, Russell Sage Foundation, and MacArthur Foundation. The research, edu-cational, and publishing program of the Institute developed rapidly, especially in the last half of 1988. All of the seemingly disparate subjects in the program represent examples of complex systems with certain common properties that help define the content of an emerging general science of complexity. Major elements of progress in the SFI program were as follows: Economy; Theoretical Immunology; Global Security; Other Research; Summer School; Publishing Program; and Computer Support. This report describes proposed extensions of the 1988 programs into 1989 as well as proposed new work shops and research programs on complex adaptive systems; complexity, entropy, and the physics of information; 1989 complex systems summer school; evolution of human language; organization and evolution of prehistoric southwestern society; public policy studies; modeling human cognition and emotion; proteins, glasses, and spin glasses; theoretical ecology; and computational learning systems.

• Research Organization: Santa Fe Inst., NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FG05-88ER25054
• OSTI ID: 6190729
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/25054--1; ON: DE89010483
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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