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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…
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…
Models and Metaphors. Part II: The Aesthetical Conception of Natural Laws
R. E. Zimmermann, A. Schlemm, D. Zeilinger +2
Following the results and the general methodological framework of a preceeding paper (Models and Metaphors, part I, henceforth: MM), we develop some results on the epistemological…
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…
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…
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…