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Gerhard Fischer and Hal Eden: “Design, Learning, and Collaboration” — Spring Semester 2007

Assignment 3: Simon’s “Architecture of Complexity”


source: Chapter 8 “The Architecture of Complexity: Hierarchic Systems” in Simon, H. A. (1996) The Sciences of the Artificial, third ed., The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA (article distributed on paper)

due: Wed, Jan 31, 2007; 10:00am on the class website

Questions about Reading Assignment:


1. Name the two most important things/concepts that you learned from the reading the chapter “The Architecture of Complexity”

1.1. give a one paragraph explanation why you consider these concepts important

1.2. are the concepts relevant to your work, to your interest, …. – if yes, why?


2. Analyze what other researchers think about this essay? Pick one of them (the one which is of greatest interest to you) and discuss her/his most important observation!


hw3-JonDormody.doc
hw3-sax.doc
hw3-BrianBrown
hw3-CoreyDavis.pdf
hw3-AndyHoffner.doc
hw3-TylerBrown.doc
hw3-JasonHeld.doc
hw3-ChenChungLiu.doc
hw3-Speir-Zeles.doc
hw3-JarretLavallee.doc
hw3-yingdan.pdf
hw3-DaveMusson.doc
hw3-NickTodd.doc
hw3-PengShao.doc
hw3-mangalath.doc

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