Peu de livres ont un impact sur la pensée et la science, encore faut-il comprendre sa signification et la future transformation de la société.
Le livre que je présente est à la base de la science de la complexité moderne, ce que l'on appel les CAS (Complex Adaptive Systems) pour tout scientifique et ingénieur, un incontournable qui date de 1975. Son auteur est John H. Holland pionnier des algorithmes génétiques.
Il introduit le concept de Schemata: "A pattern imposed on complex reality or experience to assist in explaining it, mediate perception, or guide response" dans les systèmes autonomes et l'asservissement en cybernétique sur la théorie des automates.
Ce livre révolutionnaire est: Adaptation in Natural and Artificial Systems: An Introductory Analysis with Applications to Biology, Control, and Artificial Intelligence
A propos du Livre:
Genetic algorithms are playing an increasingly important role in studies of complex adaptive systems, ranging from adaptive agents in economic theory to the use of machine learning techniques in the design of complex devices such as aircraft turbines and integrated circuits. Adaptation in Natural and Artificial Systems is the book that initiated this field of study, presenting the theoretical foundations and exploring applications. In its most familiar form, adaptation is a biological process, whereby organisms evolve by rearranging genetic material to survive in environments confronting them. In this now classic work, Holland presents a mathematical model that allows for the nonlinearity of such complex interactions. He demonstrates the model’s universality by applying it to economics, physiological psychology, game theory, and artificial intelligence and then outlines the way in which this approach modifies the traditional views of mathematical genetics. Initially applying his concepts to simply defined artificial systems with limited numbers of parameters, Holland goes on to explore their use in the study of a wide range of complex, naturally occuring processes, concentrating on systems having multiple factors that interact in nonlinear ways. Along the way he accounts for major effects of coadaptation and coevolution: the emergence of building blocks, or schemata, that are recombined and passed on to succeeding generations to provide, innovations and improvements.
Pour télécharger le livre en accès libre sur un repo Github en PDF, sinon il est disponible pour 35$ à Penguin Press à cette adresse en version papier.