Synergetics and computers

摘要

Synergetics deals with complex systems composed of many subsystems and the way these systems form spatial, temporal, or functional structures via selforganization. Though the systems may belong to e.g., physics, chemistry, biology, sociology, economy, close to situations where the structure change, the structures are determined by the same basic principles, briefly outlined in this article. We then discuss possible exploitations of these principles and phenomena in the design of computer hardware.