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FRONT MATTER
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| Opening Lecture |
COHERENCE, COMPLEXITY AND CREATIVITY
FORTUNATO TITO ARECCHI | 3 |
| Emergence in Architecture |
ENVIRONMENT AND ARCHITECTURE – A PARADIGM SHIFT
VALERIO DI BATTISTA | 37 |
EMERGENCE OF ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA IN THE HUMAN HABITATION OF SPACE
ARNE COLLEN | 51 |
QUESTIONS OF METHOD ON INTEROPERABILITY IN ARCHITECTURE
EZIO ARLATI and GIORGIO GIALLOCOSTA | 67 |
COMPREHENSIVE PLANS FOR A CULTURE-DRIVEN LOCAL DEVELOPMENT: EMERGENCE AS A TOOL FOR UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL IMPACTS OF PROJECTS ON BUILT CULTURAL HERITAGE
STEFANO DELLA TORRE and ANDREA CANZIANI | 79 |
SYSTEMIC AND ARCHITECTURE: CURRENT THEORETICAL ISSUES
GIORGIO GIALLOCOSTA | 91 |
| Processes of Emergence in Economics and Management |
MODELING THE 360° INNOVATING FIRM AS A MULTIPLE SYSTEM OR COLLECTIVE BEING
VÉRONIQUE BOUCHARD | 103 |
THE COD MODEL: SIMULATING WORKGROUP PERFORMANCE
LUCIO BIGGIERO and ENRICO SEVI | 113 |
IMPORTANCE OF THE INFRADISCIPLINARY AREAS IN THE SYSTEMIC APPROACH TOWARDS NEW COMPANY ORGANISATIONAL MODELS: THE BUILDING INDUSTRY
GIORGIO GIALLOCOSTA | 135 |
SYSTEMIC OPENNESS OF THE ECONOMY AND NORMATIVE ANALYSIS
PAOLO RAMAZZOTTI | 149 |
MOTIVATIONAL ANTECEDENTS OF INDIVIDUAL INNOVATION
PATRIZIA PICCI and ADALGISA BATTISTELLI | 163 |
AN E-USABILITY VIEW OF THE WEB: A SYSTEMIC METHOD FOR USER INTERFACES
VERA STARA, MARIA PIETRONILLA PENNA and GUIDO TASCINI | 181 |
| Emergence |
EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION AND EMERGENT MODELING OF NATURAL PHENOMENA
R. RONGO, W. SPATARO, D. D'AMBROSIO, M. V. AVOLIO, V. LUPIANO and S. DI GREGORIO | 195 |
A NEW MODEL FOR THE ORGANIZATIONAL KNOWLEDGE LIFE CYCLE
LUIGI LELLA and IGNAZIO LICATA | 215 |
ON GENERALIZATION: CONSTRUCTING A GENERAL CONCEPT FROM A SINGLE EXAMPLE
SHELIA GUBERMAN | 229 |
GENERAL THEORY OF EMERGENCE BEYOND SYSTEMIC GENERALIZATION
GIANFRANCO MINATI | 241 |
UNCERTAINTY, COHERENCE, EMERGENCE
GIORDANO BRUNO | 257 |
EMERGENCE AND GRAVITATIONAL CONJECTURES
PAOLO ALLIEVI and ALBERTO TROTTA | 265 |
| Emergence in Social Systems |
INDUCING SYSTEMS THINKING IN CONSUMER SOCIETIES
GIANFRANCO MINATI and LARRY A. MAGLIOCCA | 283 |
CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS: A MULTIPERSPECTIVE INQUIRY INTO EMERGENCE OF COMPLEX SOCIO-CULTURAL SYSTEMS
PETER M. BEDNAR | 299 |
JOB SATISFACTION AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT: AFFECTIVE COMMITMENT PREDICTORS IN A GROUP OF PROFESSIONALS
MARIA SANTA FERRETTI | 313 |
ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE ASSESSMENT: A SYSTEMIC PERSPECTIVE
PIERGIORGIO ARGENTERO and ILARIA SETTI | 331 |
ENVIRONMENT AND URBAN TOURISM: AN EMERGENT SYSTEM IN RHETORICAL PLACE IDENTITY DEFINITIONS
MARINA MURA | 347 |
| Emergence in Artificial Intelligence |
DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO SEMANTICS IN KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION
S. DAVID, A. MONTESANTO and C. ROCCHI | 365 |
BIDIMENSIONAL TURING MACHINES AS GALILEAN MODELS OF HUMAN COMPUTATION
MARCO GIUNTI | 383 |
A NEURAL MODEL OF FACE RECOGNITION: A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH
VERA STARA, ANNA MONTESANTO, PAOLO PULITI, GUIDO TASCINI and CRISTINA SECHI | 407 |
ANTICIPATORY COGNITIVE SYSTEMS: A THEORETICAL MODEL
GRAZIANO TERENZI | 425 |
DECISION MAKING MODELS WITHIN INCOMPLETE INFORMATION GAMES
NATALE BONFIGLIO, SIMONE PERCIVALLE and ELIANO PESSA | 441 |
| Emergence in Medicine |
BURNOUT AND JOB ENGAGEMENT IN EMERGENCY AND INTENSIVE CARE NURSES
PIERGIORGIO ARGENTERO and BIANCA DELL'OLIVO | 455 |
THE "IMPLICIT" ETHICS OF A SYSTEMIC APPROACH TO THE MEDICAL PRAXIS
ALBERTO RICCIUTI | 473 |
POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER IN EMERGENCY WORKERS: RISK FACTORS AND TREATMENT
PIERGIORGIO ARGENTERO, BIANCA DELL'OLIVO and ILARIA SETTI | 487 |
STATE VARIABILITY AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL ATTRACTORS: THE BEHAVIOURAL COMPLEXITY AS DISCRIMINATING FACTOR BETWEEN THE PATHOLOGY AND NORMALITY PROFILES
PIER LUIGI MARCONI | 503 |
| Models and Systems |
DECOMPOSITION OF SYSTEMS AND COMPLEXITY
MARIO R. ABRAM | 533 |
HOW MANY STARS ARE THERE IN HEAVEN? THE RESULTS OF A STUDY OF UNIVERSE IN THE LIGHT OF STABILITY THEORY
UMBERTO DI CAPRIO | 545 |
DESCRIPTION OF A COMPLEX SYSTEM THROUGH RECURSIVE FUNCTIONS
GUIDO MASSA FINOLI | 561 |
ISSUES ON CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES
MARIO R. ABRAM and MARINO SFORNA | 571 |
| Theoretical Problems of Systemics |
DOWNWARD CAUSATION AND RELATEDNESS IN EMERGENT SYSTEMS: EPISTEMOLOGICAL REMARKS
LEONARDO BICH | 591 |
TOWARDS A GENERAL THEORY OF CHANGE
ELIANO PESSA | 603 |
ACQUIRED EMERGENT PROPERTIES
GIANFRANCO MINATI | 625 |
THE GROWTH OF POPULATIONS OF PROTOCELLS
ROBERTO SERRA, TIMOTEO CARLETTI, IRENE POLI and ALESSANDRO FILISETTI | 641 |
INVESTIGATING CELL CRITICALITY
R. SERRA, M. VILLANI, C. DAMIANI, A. GRAUDENZI, P. INGRAMI and A. COLACCI | 649 |
RELATIVISTIC STABILITY. PART 1: RELATION BETWEEN SPECIAL RELATIVITY AND STABILITY THEORY IN THE TWO-BODY PROBLEM
UMBERTO DI CAPRIO | 659 |
RELATIVISTIC STABILITY. PART 2: A STUDY OF BLACK-HOLES AND OF THE SCHWARZSCHILD RADIUS
UMBERTO DI CAPRIO | 673 |
THE FORMATION OF COHERENT DOMAINS IN THE PROCESS OF SYMMETRY BREAKING PHASE TRANSITIONS
EMILIO DEL GIUDICE and GIUSEPPE VITIELLO | 685 |
| Cognitive Science |
ORGANIZATIONS AS COGNITIVE SYSTEMS: IS KNOWLEDGE AN EMERGENT PROPERTY OF INFORMATION NETWORKS?
LUCIO BIGGIERO | 697 |
COMMUNICATION, SILENCE AND MISCOMMUNICATION
MARIA PIETRONILLA PENNA, SANDRO MOCCI and CRISTINA SECHI | 713 |
MUSIC: CREATIVITY AND STRUCTURE TRANSITIONS
EMANUELA PIETROCINI | 723 |
THE EMERGENCE OF FIGURAL EFFECTS IN THE WATERCOLOR ILLUSION
BAINGIO PINNA and MARIA PIETRONILLA PENNA | 745 |
CONTINUITIES AND DISCONTINUITIES IN MOTION PERCEPTION
BAINGIO PINNA and RICHARD L. GREGORY | 765 |
MOTHER AND INFANT TALK ABOUT MENTAL STATES: SYSTEMIC EMERGENCE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL LEXICON AND THEORY OF MIND UNDERSTANDING
D. ROLLO and F. BUTTIGLIERI | 777 |
CONFLICT IN RELATIONSHIPS AND PERCEIVED SUPPORT IN INNOVATIVE WORK BEHAVIOR
ADALGISA BATTISTELLI, PATRIZIA PICCI and CARLO ODOARDI | 787 |
ROLE VARIABLES VS. CONTEXTUAL VARIABLES IN THE THEORY OF DIDACTIC SYSTEMS
MONICA ALBERTI, LUCIA CIRINA and FRANCESCO PAOLI | 803 |
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