Self-organization, cities, cognitive maps and information systems

Juval Portugali

doi:10.1007/3-540-63623-4_59

Self-organization, cities, cognitive maps and information systems

Juval Portugali^*

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Department of Geography and the Human Environment

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This paper introduces the notion of self-organization and show its relevance to the study of the built environment, cognitive maps and information systems. The relevance of self-organization to all three is direct: Self-organization, that is to say, the phenomena by which a system self-organizes its internal structure independent of external causes, is a fundamental property of open and complex systems. Some of the typical examples for such systems are the topics which form the center of interest of COSIT: the brain and its cognitive activities, the city as an artificial environment, language, and more recently information networks - in particular the Internet.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Spatial Information Theory
Subtitle of host publication	A Theoretical Basis for GIS - International Conference COSIT 1997, Proceedings
Editors	Stephen C. Hirtle, Andrew U. Frank
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	329-346
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Print)	3540636234, 9783540636236
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-63623-4_59
State	Published - 1997
Event	3rd Biennial Conference on Spatial Information Theory, COSIT 1997 - Laurel Highlands, United States Duration: 15 Oct 1997 → 18 Oct 1997

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	1329
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	3rd Biennial Conference on Spatial Information Theory, COSIT 1997
Country/Territory	United States
City	Laurel Highlands
Period	15/10/97 → 18/10/97

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Portugali, J. (1997). Self-organization, cities, cognitive maps and information systems. In S. C. Hirtle, & A. U. Frank (Eds.), Spatial Information Theory: A Theoretical Basis for GIS - International Conference COSIT 1997, Proceedings (pp. 329-346). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 1329). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-63623-4_59

Portugali, Juval. / Self-organization, cities, cognitive maps and information systems. Spatial Information Theory: A Theoretical Basis for GIS - International Conference COSIT 1997, Proceedings. editor / Stephen C. Hirtle ; Andrew U. Frank. Springer Verlag, 1997. pp. 329-346 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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