Robustness
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* diversity of nodes: access different redundant instances of a node | * diversity of nodes: access different redundant instances of a node | ||
* diversity of design/versions: reach a computational goal in different ways | * diversity of design/versions: reach a computational goal in different ways | ||
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| + | In his paper [http://www.institutnicod.org/Reduction/7.OntComplSys.pdf The Ontology of Complex Systems], William Wimsatt gives the following definition of robustness: | ||
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| + | :''Things are robust if they are accessible (detectable, measureable, derivable, defineable, produceable, or the like) in a variety of independent ways.'' | ||
In any case, diversity and [[Redundancy|redundancy]] are the key. There are in general | In any case, diversity and [[Redundancy|redundancy]] are the key. There are in general | ||
