NICO

Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems, na Northwestern University, em Evanston, no estado estadunidense de Illinois.

Eles tem um grupo de estudos, o Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems onde estudam sistemas complexos variados como redes de informação e comportamento social. Dentre os modelos simulados existem cidades, redes de conhecimento entre universidades, simulações biológicas e orgânicas.

Eles trazem questões como
"What is complex and how does it differ from the merely complicated?"
"What are Complex Systems?"
"The most elaborate mechanical watches are called très compliqué. They are, as their French name implies, complicated. A Star Caliber Patek Phillipe has 103 pieces. A Boeing 747-400 has, excluding fasteners, 3x106 parts. In complicated systems parts have to work in unison to accomplish a function. One key defect (in one of the many critical parts) brings the entire system to a halt. This is why redundancy is built into designs when system failure is not an option (e.g. a nuclear submarine)".
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