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[[Image:Emergence.gif|left|Weak Emergence]] The CAS Group is a community for people interested in the science and theory of [[Complex_Adaptive_System|complex adaptive systems]] (CAS), and in their [[Basic_System_Theory|basic principles]] and [[Applied_System_Theory|applied principles]]. CASs are perhaps the most interesting complex systems, they are not only 'complex' - they are diverse and made up of multiple interconnected elements - and 'adaptive' - they have also the capacity to change and learn from experience. The basic element of CAS theory is the [[Agent-Based_Model|agent-based model]]. The logo describes the phenomenon of [[Emergence|emergence]], as it can be observed for example in swarms and flocks. Like [[Self-Organization|self-organization]] it is a essential principle in the theory of complex adaptive systems.

There are also pages about the emergence and collapse of civilizations and [[Complex_Society|complex societies]], the [[Chaos_in_the_mind|role of chaos in neural networks]], [[Self-Consciousness|self-consciousness]], [[Beyond_AI|new forms of AI]], [[New_Kinds_of_Science|new kinds of science]], [[Theory_of_Everything|theories of everything]] and new forms of technology and interesting philosophical questions as well, for example if we can describe the mind as a group of interacting agents, an [[Ecology of Mind|ecology]] or [[Society_of_Mind|society of mind]]. How does the [[Mind|mind]] work? What is [[Life|life]]? What is [[Consciousness|consciousness]]? What is [[Evolution|evolution]], and can we go beyond darwinism and extend Darwinian theory to inanimate matter, too, obtaining some kind of [[Quantum_Evolution|quantum evolution]] ? 

Sources and related projects are [http://en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia], [http://www.cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/notebooks/ C.R. Shalizi's Notebooks], and the [http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/ Principia Cybernetica].  Related Wikis are for example the [http://www.swarm.org/wiki/Main_Page SwarmWiki] specialized on Swarm Intelligence and agent-based modelling, the [http://intersci.ss.uci.edu/wiki/index.php/Main_Page InterSciWiki] on cross-disciplinary and complexity sciences research, 
the [http://www.aaai.org/AITopics/pmwiki/pmwiki.php AITopics Library], and the [http://www.scholarpedia.org/ Scholarpedia]. Recommendable resources are also [http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ Wolfram MathWorld] and [http://atlas.wolfram.com/ The Wolfram Atlas of Simple Programs].

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