Divide to Coordinate: Coevolutionary Problem Solving

Stuart Kauffman, William G. Macready and Emily Dickinson

Working Papers from Santa Fe Institute

Abstract: Optimization of systems with many conflicting constraints arises in numerous settings. Common optimization procedures seek to improve performance of the system as a whole. We show that coevolutionary problem solving, in which a system is partitioned into subsystems each of which selfishly optimizes, can lead to enhanced performance as a collective emergent property. Optimally partitioned systems often lie near a transistion from order to chaos.

Date: 1994-06
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