On the Positive Role of Noise and Error in Complex Systems

IF 2.3 4区 社会学 Q1 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY
Systems Pub Date : 2024-09-01 DOI:10.3390/systems12090338
Andrea Roli, Michele Braccini, Pasquale Stano
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Abstract

Noise and error are usually considered to be disturbances negatively affecting the behavior of a system. Nevertheless, from a systemic perspective, taking into account openness and incompleteness of complex systems, noise and error may assume a creative, constructive, and positive role in that they are a source of novelty that can trigger the reorganization of the system, the growth of complexity, and the emergence of new meaning. Examples of this phenomenon can be found in evolutionary phenomena driven by affordances, the formation of new attractors in dynamic systems responding to external perturbations, and improvisation in music. We argue that it is possible to identify general properties that enable the positive effect of noise and errors in complex systems, namely, multilevel organization, redundancy, incompleteness, and criticality. These properties play a major role in living systems and can guide the design of robust and adaptive artificial systems.
论复杂系统中噪音和误差的积极作用
噪音和误差通常被认为是对系统行为产生负面影响的干扰因素。然而,从系统的角度来看,考虑到复杂系统的开放性和不完全性,噪音和误差可能具有创造性、建设性和积极的作用,因为它们是新颖性的来源,可以引发系统的重组、复杂性的增长和新意义的出现。这种现象的例子可见于由能力驱动的进化现象、动态系统中新吸引子的形成对外部扰动的反应以及音乐中的即兴演奏。我们认为,我们有可能找出在复杂系统中使噪音和错误产生积极影响的一般特性,即多级组织、冗余、不完整性和临界性。这些特性在生命系统中发挥着重要作用,并能指导鲁棒性和自适应人工系统的设计。
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Systems
Systems Decision Sciences-Information Systems and Management
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