Principles of self-organization for resilience and control

Abstract

Complex collectives display a myriad of emergent behaviors like tipping points, cascading failures, adaptation and resilience. It is increasingly important to understand these behaviors as modern systems are built on a collection of self-organizing systems at different scales, integrating socio-technical, cyber-physical, and ecosocial considerations. The overarching goal of this project is to understand underlying principles and mechanisms of self-organization and then use this knowledge for prediction, early detection, and control of complex collectives. We study three guiding principles of self-organization: (i) emergent hierarchies, (ii) social opinion dynamics, and (iii) self-organized criticality.

Document Details

Document Type
DoD Grant Award
Publication Date
Sep 11, 2018
Source ID
W911NF1710077

Entities

People

  • Raissa D Souza

Organizations

  • Army Contracting Command
  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
  • University of California, Davis

Tags

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Cybersecurity.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Cyber