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most citedThe Emergence of Bologna and its Future Consequences. Decentralization as Cohesion Catalyst in Guild Dominated Urban Networks

5 citations · 6 across the 3 of their papers we have counts for

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13 papers

cond-mat.other20045 cited

The Emergence of Bologna and its Future Consequences. Decentralization as Cohesion Catalyst in Guild Dominated Urban Networks

Rainer E. Zimmermann, Anna Soci

The following paper is on the emergence of observable complexity in urban networks visualized as product of essentially non-observable social processes. The methodology unfolded he…

physics.gen-ph20031 cited

Cosmological Natural Selection Revisited. Some Remarks on the Conceptual Conundrum and Possible Alleys

Rainer E. Zimmermann

Following the selection metaphor as introduced by Lee Smolin in his 1997 book with respect to a possible model of the reproduction of Universes, this model is being reconstructed u…

nlin.AO2002

Models and Metaphors. Part I: From the Boundaries of Formalization to the Visualization of the Non-Formalized

R. E. Zimmermann, S. Ley, V. G. Budanov +1

The explicit relationship among perception, communication, and design is being discussed in some detail, in order to relate it to characteristic details of the modeling of the worl…

nlin.AO2002

Decentralization as Organizing Principle of Emergent Urban Structures

Rainer E. Zimmermann

With a view to the ongoing Bologna project (www.arXiv.org/pdf/nlin.AO/0109025) general organizing principles of emergent structures in social systems are being discussed with a vie…

nlin.AO2001

Reconstructing Bologna. The City as an Emergent Computational System - A Study in the Complexity of Urban Structures. Part I: The Basic Idea and Fundamental Concepts

Rainer E. Zimmermann, Anna Soci, Giorgio Colacchio

The conceptual background for a detailed study of the urban form of the city of Bologna is discussed with a view to modern methodological insight as it is being presented by recent…

physics.gen-ph2001

Recent Conceptual Consequences of Loop Quantum Gravity. Part III: A Postscript On Time

Rainer E. Zimmermann

With a view to the results discussed in the first two parts of this paper, the concept of time is revisited oncemore and chosen as an example in order to demonstrate the meaning of…