GMU:Self-Organization by Design/Part3

Natural Systems

 This is the third block of the workshop series GMU:Self-Organisation by Design

Theory

Once we have mastered computational and geometric systems we can use them to create patters that resemble the ones that can be found in nature and society. The topics of the first two days are based on the structure introduced in Philip Balls excellent book The Self-Made Tapestry.

On the second day we will focus especially on growth and branching patterns and how to implement them using what we have learned so far.
On the third day we are going to explore the kinds of patterns that can be observed in models of social behaviour.

Topics

• Patterns in Nature I
  • Patterns
  • Bubbles
  • Waves
  • Bodies
• Patterns in Nature II
  • Branches
  • Breakdowns
  • Fluids
  • Grains
• Patterns in Society
  • Habitats
  • Economy
  • Streets
  • Crime

Software

This section will contain links to relevant software.

Links

This section will contain links to relevant articles.

Experiments

This section will contain links to subpages and experiments of the participants.

Literature

Algorithmic Beauty

• Prusinkiewicz P.; Lindenmayer, A.: The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants ISBN 978-0387972978
• Kaandorp Jaap A., Kübler Janet E.: The Algorithmic Beauty of Seaweeds, Sponges and Corals ISBN 978-3540677000
• Meinhard, Hans:The Algorithmic Beauty of Sea Shells ISBN 978-3540921417

Fractal Growth

• Mandelbrot, Benoit: The Fractal Geometry of Nature ISBN 978-0716711865
• Visek, Tamás: Fractal Growth Phenomena ISBN 978-9810206680
• Kaandorp, Jaap A.: Fractal Modelling: Growth and Form in Biology ISBN 978-3540566854
• Kumar Sanjeev; Bentley Peter: On Growth, Form and Computers ISBN 978-0123909367

Self-Organization

• Rodríguez-Iturbe I., Rinaldo A. Fractal River Basins: Chance and Self-Organization ISBN 978-0521004053
• Bonabeau Eric et alter: Self-Organization in Biological Systems ISBN 978-0691116242

Collective Behaviour

• Zipf George K.: Human Behavior and the Principle of Least Effort ISBN 978-1614273127
• Schelling, Thomas C. Micromotives and Macrobehavior ISBN 978-0393329469
  • Chapter 4: Sorting and Mixing online

Simulating Society

• Epstein, Joshua M.: Growing Artificial Societies: Social Science From the Bottom Up ISBN 978-0-262-55025-3
• Batty, Michael: Cities and Complexity: Understanding Cities with Cellular Automata, Agent-Based Models, and Fractals ISBN 978-0262524797
• Schweitzer, Frank: Brownian Agents and Active Particles: Collective Dynamics in the Natural and Social Sciences ISBN 3-540-43938-2

Popular Science Books

• Steward Ian: What Shape is a Snowflake? ISBN 978-0297607236
• Ball, Philip: A Tapestry in Three Parts:
  • Flow ISBN 978-0199604876
  • Branches ISBN 978-0199604883
  • Shapes ISBN 978-0199604869

Coffee Table Books

• Bentley, W. A.: Snow Crystals (Dover Pictorial Archive) ISBN 978-0486202877
• Wade, David: Li: Dynamic Form in Nature ISBN 978-0802714107