On the Role of Self-organisation as a Model for Networked Systems

Authors:
Hajo Greif
Affiliations:
Dept. of Science and Technology Studies, University of Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria 9020
Venue:
IWSOS '09 Proceedings of the 4th IFIP TC 6 International Workshop on Self-Organizing Systems
Year:
2009

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Abstract

In this paper, the role of the concept of self-organisation as a model in the analysis and design of advanced networked systems is investigated. In a first step, criteria for the definition of scientific models and their explanatory roles are introduced on the background of theories of models in the philosophy of science: intended scope, selection of the properties modelled, type of analogy, and levels of formalisation, abstraction and idealisation. In a second step, the applicability of these criteria to model-building in engineering is discussed, in order to assess some of the implications and limitations of modelling networked systems as self-organised systems, with particular attention to the role of the systems' environments in these models.