Re: [Swarm-Modelling] general question on complexity

[Jacob Lee]

Thank you for your interesting replies to my naive inquiry! I appreciate 
the references, and I've found a few articles by Murry Gell-Mann to 
read. Pretty intriguing stuff.

I should have been more specific, but I will let it rest for the moment, 
at least until I read more. I was engaged in a discussion about 
socio-cultural complexity on an anthropology list. It appears to me that 
there may be a mismatch between how some anthropologists and 
archaeologists use the term and how it is used among ABM modelers, 
though it is apparent on this list that some of you are engaged in 
anthropological oriented modeling. My impression may just be a 
reflection of my ignorance though.

I am in the beginning stages of feeling out possible topics for my 
Computer Science Masters thesis or project. I have a undergraduate 
background in anthropology, and I would like to find a thesis topic 
acceptable to my department, but also of interest to anthropologists. 
ABM seems a good place to start, indeed a natural place between the two 
fields.

Jacob