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<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 09:01, 15 September 2012</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{SelfOrg}}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{SelfOrg}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>'''Path dependence''' exists when the outcome of a process depends on its past history, and is certainly a property of many [[Complex Adaptive System|complex adaptive systems]]. It occurs when taking one choice precludes another and influences the next. Apparently, [[Adaptive_System|adaptive systems]] are [[Context Dependence|context dependent]]. Repeated [[Context Dependence|context dependence]] can lead to path dependence if the context-dependent changes are permanent and durable. In this case the behavior in the current situation depends on the previous behaviors of the system during the history of existence, rather than simply on current conditions. Path dependence exists in a world of possibilities which depends on previous choices, if the kinds of doors we can go through depends on the kinds of doors we have opened before. Depending on the path of the system, the behavior, experience and outcomes may vary. &nbsp;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>'''Path dependence''' exists when the outcome of a process depends on its past history, and is certainly a property of many [[Complex Adaptive System|complex adaptive systems]]. It occurs when taking one choice precludes another and influences the next. Apparently, [[Adaptive_System|adaptive systems]] are [[Context Dependence|context dependent]]. Repeated [[Context Dependence|context dependence]] can lead to path dependence if the context-dependent changes are permanent and durable. In this case the behavior in the current situation depends on the previous behaviors of the system during the history of existence, rather than simply on current conditions. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Or to put it in other words, Path dependence is the idea that history matters. </ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>&#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Path dependence exists in a world of possibilities which depends on previous choices, if the kinds of doors we can go through depends on the kinds of doors we have opened before<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Decisions in the current moment depend on decisions made in the past</ins>. Depending on the path<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, trail and trajectory </ins>of the system, the behavior, experience and outcomes may vary. &nbsp;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Thus path-dependent behavior occurs generally in [[Adaptive_System|adaptive systems]], if microscopic perturbations, minor fluctuations and small differences in local conditions are amplified and reinforced to macroscopic differences, especially in systems with positive feedback. Strong path dependence can be found often in systems with strong positive [[Feedback|feedback]] and is related to the [[Butterfly Effect|butterfly effect]], [[Lever_Point|lever points]] and [[Frozen Accident|frozen accidents]]. &nbsp;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Thus path-dependent behavior occurs generally in [[Adaptive_System|adaptive systems]], if microscopic perturbations, minor fluctuations and small differences in local conditions are amplified and reinforced to macroscopic differences, especially in systems with positive feedback. Strong path dependence can be found often in systems with strong positive [[Feedback|feedback]] and is related to the [[Butterfly Effect|butterfly effect]], [[Lever_Point|lever points]] and [[Frozen Accident|frozen accidents]]. &nbsp;</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 08:57, 15 September 2012</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 17:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 17:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* Notebook entries for [http://cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/notebooks/qwerty.html QWERTY, Lock-In and Path Dependence]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* Notebook entries for [http://cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/notebooks/qwerty.html QWERTY, Lock-In and Path Dependence]</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* Financial Times Lexicon entry for [http://lexicon.ft.com/Term?term=path-dependence Path Dependence]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Category:Basic Principles]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Category:Basic Principles]]</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 21:57, 11 May 2012</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Econmic examples are the QWERTY layout in typewriters which is still used in computer keyboards, or file line endings for different operating systems (originally CRLF in Windows, and in LF in Linux and CR in Mac).</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Econmic examples are the QWERTY layout in typewriters which is still used in computer keyboards, or file line endings for different operating systems (originally CRLF in Windows, and in LF in Linux and CR in Mac).</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Phenomenal [[Consciousness|consciousness]] and subjective experience are path-dependent and vary strongly from person to person, because each person has a different history, has met different people during the past, and is adapted to a slighty different world.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Phenomenal [[Consciousness|consciousness]] and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Subjectivity|</ins>subjective experience<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>are path-dependent and vary strongly from person to person, because each person has a different history, has met different people during the past, and is adapted to a slighty different world.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Path dependence is quite similar to Murray Gell-Mann's [[Frozen_Accident|frozen accidents]] and John H. Holland's [[Lever_Point|lever points]], although both focus more on the beginning of the path than on the path itself.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Path dependence is quite similar to Murray Gell-Mann's [[Frozen_Accident|frozen accidents]] and John H. Holland's [[Lever_Point|lever points]], although both focus more on the beginning of the path than on the path itself.</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 21:38, 11 May 2012</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{SelfOrg}}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{SelfOrg}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>'''Path dependence''' exists when the outcome of a process depends on its past history, and is certainly a property of many [[Complex Adaptive System|complex adaptive systems]]. Apparently, [[Adaptive_System|adaptive systems]] are [[Context Dependence|context dependent]]. Repeated [[Context Dependence|context dependence]] can lead to path dependence if the context-dependent changes are permanent and durable. In this case the behavior in the current situation depends on the previous behaviors of the system during the history of existence, rather than simply on current conditions. Path dependence exists in a world of possibilities which depends on previous choices, if the kinds of doors we can go through depends on the kinds of doors we have opened before. Depending on the path of the system, the behavior, experience and outcomes may vary. &nbsp;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>'''Path dependence''' exists when the outcome of a process depends on its past history, and is certainly a property of many [[Complex Adaptive System|complex adaptive systems]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. It occurs when taking one choice precludes another and influences the next</ins>. Apparently, [[Adaptive_System|adaptive systems]] are [[Context Dependence|context dependent]]. Repeated [[Context Dependence|context dependence]] can lead to path dependence if the context-dependent changes are permanent and durable. In this case the behavior in the current situation depends on the previous behaviors of the system during the history of existence, rather than simply on current conditions. Path dependence exists in a world of possibilities which depends on previous choices, if the kinds of doors we can go through depends on the kinds of doors we have opened before. Depending on the path of the system, the behavior, experience and outcomes may vary. &nbsp;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Thus path-dependent behavior occurs generally in [[Adaptive_System|adaptive systems]], if microscopic perturbations, minor fluctuations and small differences in local conditions are amplified and reinforced to macroscopic differences, especially in systems with positive feedback. Strong path dependence can be found often in systems with strong positive [[Feedback|feedback]] and is related to the [[Butterfly Effect|butterfly effect]], [[Lever_Point|lever points]] and [[Frozen Accident|frozen accidents]]. &nbsp;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Thus path-dependent behavior occurs generally in [[Adaptive_System|adaptive systems]], if microscopic perturbations, minor fluctuations and small differences in local conditions are amplified and reinforced to macroscopic differences, especially in systems with positive feedback. Strong path dependence can be found often in systems with strong positive [[Feedback|feedback]] and is related to the [[Butterfly Effect|butterfly effect]], [[Lever_Point|lever points]] and [[Frozen Accident|frozen accidents]]. &nbsp;</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 14:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 14:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_dependence Main Wikipedia Entry for Path Dependence]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_dependence Main Wikipedia Entry for Path Dependence]</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* C2 Wiki [http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?PathDependence Entry for Path Dependence]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* Notebook entries for [http://cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/notebooks/qwerty.html QWERTY, Lock-In and Path Dependence]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* Notebook entries for [http://cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/notebooks/qwerty.html QWERTY, Lock-In and Path Dependence]</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 21:57, 21 February 2012</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 11:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 11:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Path dependence is quite similar to Murray Gell-Mann's [[Frozen_Accident|frozen accidents]] and John H. Holland's [[Lever_Point|lever points]], although both focus more on the beginning of the path than on the path itself.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Path dependence is quite similar to Murray Gell-Mann's [[Frozen_Accident|frozen accidents]] and John H. Holland's [[Lever_Point|lever points]], although both focus more on the beginning of the path than on the path itself.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== References ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== References <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and Links </ins>==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_dependence Main Wikipedia Entry for Path Dependence]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_dependence Main Wikipedia Entry for Path Dependence]</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* Notebook entries for [http://cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/notebooks/qwerty.html QWERTY, Lock-In and Path Dependence]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Category:Basic Principles]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Category:Basic Principles]]</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 21:32, 21 February 2012</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{SelfOrg}}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{SelfOrg}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>'''Path dependence''' exists when the outcome of a process depends on its past history, and is certainly a property of many [[Complex Adaptive System|complex adaptive systems]]. Apparently, [[Adaptive_System|adaptive systems]] are <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">history and </del>[[Context Dependence|context dependent]]. Repeated [[Context Dependence|context dependence]] can lead to path dependence if the context-dependent changes are permanent and durable. In this case the behavior in the current situation depends on the previous behaviors of the system during the history of existence, rather than simply on current conditions. Path dependence exists in a world of possibilities which depends on previous choices, if the kinds of doors we can go through depends on the kinds of doors we have opened before. Depending on the path of the system, the behavior, experience and outcomes may vary. &nbsp;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>'''Path dependence''' exists when the outcome of a process depends on its past history, and is certainly a property of many [[Complex Adaptive System|complex adaptive systems]]. Apparently, [[Adaptive_System|adaptive systems]] are [[Context Dependence|context dependent]]. Repeated [[Context Dependence|context dependence]] can lead to path dependence if the context-dependent changes are permanent and durable. In this case the behavior in the current situation depends on the previous behaviors of the system during the history of existence, rather than simply on current conditions. Path dependence exists in a world of possibilities which depends on previous choices, if the kinds of doors we can go through depends on the kinds of doors we have opened before. Depending on the path of the system, the behavior, experience and outcomes may vary. &nbsp;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Thus path-dependent behavior occurs generally in [[Adaptive_System|adaptive systems]], if microscopic perturbations, minor fluctuations and small differences in local conditions are amplified and reinforced to macroscopic differences, especially in systems with positive feedback. Strong path dependence can be found often in systems with strong positive [[Feedback|feedback]] and is related to the [[Butterfly Effect|butterfly effect]], [[Lever_Point|lever points]] and [[Frozen Accident|frozen accidents]]. &nbsp;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Thus path-dependent behavior occurs generally in [[Adaptive_System|adaptive systems]], if microscopic perturbations, minor fluctuations and small differences in local conditions are amplified and reinforced to macroscopic differences, especially in systems with positive feedback. Strong path dependence can be found often in systems with strong positive [[Feedback|feedback]] and is related to the [[Butterfly Effect|butterfly effect]], [[Lever_Point|lever points]] and [[Frozen Accident|frozen accidents]]. &nbsp;</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 21:32, 21 February 2012</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{SelfOrg}}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{SelfOrg}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>'''Path dependence''' exists when the outcome of a process depends on its past history, and is certainly a property of many [[Complex Adaptive System|complex adaptive systems]]. Apparently, [[Adaptive_System|adaptive systems]] are history and [[Context Dependence|context dependent]]. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Such systems are </del>path dependent<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, because </del>the behavior in the current situation depends on the previous behaviors of the system during the history of existence, rather than simply on current conditions. Path dependence exists in a world of possibilities which depends on previous choices, if the kinds of doors we can go through depends on the kinds of doors we have opened before. Depending on the path of the system, the behavior, experience and outcomes may vary. &nbsp;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>'''Path dependence''' exists when the outcome of a process depends on its past history, and is certainly a property of many [[Complex Adaptive System|complex adaptive systems]]. Apparently, [[Adaptive_System|adaptive systems]] are history and [[Context Dependence|context dependent]]. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Repeated [[Context Dependence|context dependence]] can lead to </ins>path <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">dependence if the context-</ins>dependent <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">changes are permanent and durable. In this case </ins>the behavior in the current situation depends on the previous behaviors of the system during the history of existence, rather than simply on current conditions. Path dependence exists in a world of possibilities which depends on previous choices, if the kinds of doors we can go through depends on the kinds of doors we have opened before. Depending on the path of the system, the behavior, experience and outcomes may vary. &nbsp;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Thus path-dependent behavior occurs generally in [[Adaptive_System|adaptive systems]], if microscopic perturbations, minor fluctuations and small differences in local conditions are amplified and reinforced to macroscopic differences, especially in systems with positive feedback. Strong path dependence can be found often in systems with strong positive [[Feedback|feedback]] and is related to the [[Butterfly Effect|butterfly effect]], [[Lever_Point|lever points]] and [[Frozen Accident|frozen accidents]]. &nbsp;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Thus path-dependent behavior occurs generally in [[Adaptive_System|adaptive systems]], if microscopic perturbations, minor fluctuations and small differences in local conditions are amplified and reinforced to macroscopic differences, especially in systems with positive feedback. Strong path dependence can be found often in systems with strong positive [[Feedback|feedback]] and is related to the [[Butterfly Effect|butterfly effect]], [[Lever_Point|lever points]] and [[Frozen Accident|frozen accidents]]. &nbsp;</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 21:21, 21 February 2012</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{SelfOrg}}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{SelfOrg}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>'''Path dependence''' exists when the outcome of a process depends on its past history, and is certainly a property of many [[Complex Adaptive System|complex adaptive systems]]. Apparently, [[Adaptive_System|adaptive systems]] are history and context dependent. Such systems are path dependent, because the behavior in the current situation depends on the previous behaviors of the system during the history of existence, rather than simply on current conditions. Path dependence exists in a world of possibilities which depends on previous choices, if the kinds of doors we can go through depends on the kinds of doors we have opened before. Depending on the path of the system, the behavior, experience and outcomes may vary. &nbsp;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>'''Path dependence''' exists when the outcome of a process depends on its past history, and is certainly a property of many [[Complex Adaptive System|complex adaptive systems]]. Apparently, [[Adaptive_System|adaptive systems]] are history and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Context Dependence|</ins>context dependent<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>. Such systems are path dependent, because the behavior in the current situation depends on the previous behaviors of the system during the history of existence, rather than simply on current conditions. Path dependence exists in a world of possibilities which depends on previous choices, if the kinds of doors we can go through depends on the kinds of doors we have opened before. Depending on the path of the system, the behavior, experience and outcomes may vary. &nbsp;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Thus path-dependent behavior occurs generally in [[Adaptive_System|adaptive systems]], if microscopic perturbations, minor fluctuations and small differences in local conditions are amplified and reinforced to macroscopic differences, especially in systems with positive feedback. Strong path dependence can be found often in systems with strong positive [[Feedback|feedback]] and is related to the [[Butterfly Effect|butterfly effect]], [[Lever_Point|lever points]] and [[Frozen Accident|frozen accidents]]. &nbsp;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Thus path-dependent behavior occurs generally in [[Adaptive_System|adaptive systems]], if microscopic perturbations, minor fluctuations and small differences in local conditions are amplified and reinforced to macroscopic differences, especially in systems with positive feedback. Strong path dependence can be found often in systems with strong positive [[Feedback|feedback]] and is related to the [[Butterfly Effect|butterfly effect]], [[Lever_Point|lever points]] and [[Frozen Accident|frozen accidents]]. &nbsp;</div></td></tr> </table>

Jfromm http://wiki.cas-group.net/index.php?title=Path_Dependence&diff=1682&oldid=prev 2012-01-07T19:00:45Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 19:00, 7 January 2012</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Econmic examples are the QWERTY layout in typewriters which is still used in computer keyboards, or file line endings for different operating systems (originally CRLF in Windows, and in LF in Linux and CR in Mac).</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Econmic examples are the QWERTY layout in typewriters which is still used in computer keyboards, or file line endings for different operating systems (originally CRLF in Windows, and in LF in Linux and CR in Mac).</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Phenomenal [[Consciousness|consciousness]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">is </del>path-dependent and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">varies </del>from person to person, because each person has a different history, has met different people during the past, and is adapted to a slighty different world.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Phenomenal [[Consciousness|consciousness]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and subjective experience are </ins>path-dependent and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">vary strongly </ins>from person to person, because each person has a different history, has met different people during the past, and is adapted to a slighty different world.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Path dependence is quite similar to Murray Gell-Mann's [[Frozen_Accident|frozen accidents]] and John H. Holland's [[Lever_Point|lever points]], although both focus more on the beginning of the path than on the path itself.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Path dependence is quite similar to Murray Gell-Mann's [[Frozen_Accident|frozen accidents]] and John H. Holland's [[Lever_Point|lever points]], although both focus more on the beginning of the path than on the path itself.</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 19:00, 7 January 2012</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{SelfOrg}}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{SelfOrg}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>'''Path dependence''' exists when the outcome of a process depends on its past history, and is certainly a property of many [[Complex Adaptive System|complex adaptive systems]]. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It can be found in systems with strong positive [[Feedback|feedback]] and is related to the [[Butterfly Effect|butterfly effect]]</del>, [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Lever_Point</del>|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">lever points</del>]] and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Frozen Accident|frozen accidents]]</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">In </del>path dependent <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">systems</del>, the behavior in the current situation depends on the previous behaviors of the system during the history of existence, rather than simply on current conditions. Path dependence exists in a world of possibilities which depends on previous choices, if the kinds of doors we can go through depends on the kinds of doors we have opened before. Depending on the path of the system, the behavior, experience and outcomes may vary. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Path</del>-dependent behavior occurs in adaptive systems, if microscopic <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">pertubations</del>, minor fluctuations and small differences in local conditions are amplified and reinforced to macroscopic differences, especially in systems with positive feedback.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>'''Path dependence''' exists when the outcome of a process depends on its past history, and is certainly a property of many [[Complex Adaptive System|complex adaptive systems]]. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Apparently</ins>, [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Adaptive_System</ins>|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">adaptive systems</ins>]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">are history </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">context dependent</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Such systems are </ins>path dependent, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">because </ins>the behavior in the current situation depends on the previous behaviors of the system during the history of existence, rather than simply on current conditions. Path dependence exists in a world of possibilities which depends on previous choices, if the kinds of doors we can go through depends on the kinds of doors we have opened before. Depending on the path of the system, the behavior, experience and outcomes may vary. &nbsp;</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>&#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Thus path</ins>-dependent behavior occurs <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">generally </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Adaptive_System|</ins>adaptive systems<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, if microscopic <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">perturbations</ins>, minor fluctuations and small differences in local conditions are amplified and reinforced to macroscopic differences, especially in systems with positive feedback<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Strong path dependence can be found often in systems with strong positive [[Feedback|feedback]] and is related to the [[Butterfly Effect|butterfly effect]], [[Lever_Point|lever points]] and [[Frozen Accident|frozen accidents]]</ins>. &nbsp;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Econmic examples are the QWERTY layout in typewriters which is still used in computer keyboards, or file line endings for different operating systems (originally CRLF in Windows, and in LF in Linux and CR in Mac).</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Econmic examples are the QWERTY layout in typewriters which is still used in computer keyboards, or file line endings for different operating systems (originally CRLF in Windows, and in LF in Linux and CR in Mac).</div></td></tr> </table>

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