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!
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