Quotes by John Henry Holland

John Henry Holland

Evolution continually innovates, but at each level it conserves the elements that are recombined to yield the innovations.

Elements

Innovation

Yield

From the point of view of physics, it is a miracle that [seven million New Yorkers are fed each day] without any control mechanism other than sheer capitalism.

Each Day

Miracle

Views

Holland’s and Kauffman’s work, together with Dawkins’ simulations of evolution and Varela’s models of autopoietic systems, provide essential inspiration for the new discipline of artificial life, This approach, initiated by Chris Langton (1989, 1992), tries to develop technological systems (computer programs and autonomous robots) that exhibit lifelike properties, such as reproduction, sexuality, swarming, and co-evolution.

Discipline

Inspiration

Working Together

If there is to be a competition, there must be some basis for resolving it. It is also clear that the competition should be experienced based.

Clear

Competition

Should

If we are to understand the interactions of a large number of agents, we must first be able to describe the capabilities of individual agents.

Able

Firsts

Numbers

Looking back to data, we can see if the consequences are plausible; looking forward to theory, we can see if general principles are suggested.

Data

Looking Forward

Principles

Model building is the art of selecting those aspects of a process that are relevant to the question being asked. As with any art, this selection is guided by taste, elegance, and metaphor; it is a matter of induction, rather than deduction. High science depends on this art.

Art

Matter

Taste

nonlinear interactions almost always make the behavior of the aggregate more complicated than would be predicted by summing or averaging.

Behavior

Complicated

Would Be

Particular individuals do not recur, but their building blocks do.

Block

Building

Individual

The measure of performance of any given agent is the amount of money it accumulates through its actions.

Action

Agents

Given

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Able

Action

Agents

Arise

Art

Behavior

Block

Building

Built

Clear

Competition

Complicated

Data

Discipline

Each Day

Elements

Firsts

Flow

Fundamentals

Given

Individual

Innovation

Inspiration

Landmarks

Looking Forward

Matter

Messages

Miracle

Numbers

Principles

Program

Recycling

Should

Solutions

Taste

Theory

Use

Views

Working Together

Would Be

Yield

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Quotes by John Henry Holland

John Henry Holland

Evolution continually innovates, but at each level it conserves the elements that are recombined to yield the innovations.

From the point of view of physics, it is a miracle that [seven million New Yorkers are fed each day] without any control mechanism other than sheer capitalism.

If there is to be a competition, there must be some basis for resolving it. It is also clear that the competition should be experienced based.

If we are to understand the interactions of a large number of agents, we must first be able to describe the capabilities of individual agents.

Looking back to data, we can see if the consequences are plausible; looking forward to theory, we can see if general principles are suggested.

Model building is the art of selecting those aspects of a process that are relevant to the question being asked. As with any art, this selection is guided by taste, elegance, and metaphor; it is a matter of induction, rather than deduction. High science depends on this art.

nonlinear interactions almost always make the behavior of the aggregate more complicated than would be predicted by summing or averaging.

Particular individuals do not recur, but their building blocks do.

The measure of performance of any given agent is the amount of money it accumulates through its actions.

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