Viewgraphs from the talk on 5/12/99 at the 4th Annual Collaboration Conference   Author: Dr. Norman L Johnson Theoretical Division Los Alamos National Laboratory     Email: nlj@lanl.gov Home Page: http://ishi.lanl.gov   PDF versions of viewgraphs: Color - 294 KB   B/W - 196 KB   Summary paper of talk: Web version of paper

Titles of Viewgraphs: Title Introduction Two Approaches to Problem Solving   Self-Organizing, Distributed Problem Solving   Our Organizational Environment   Societal Problem Solving   Complex, Adaptive, Chaotic Systems Examples and Projects Simulations of self-organization    Big Picture on Simulations    Basic Concepts    Basic Approach    Motivations for Approach    Example Maze    Performance of the Individual    What's happening?    Correlation of the Two Phases    Collective Solutions    Whatís Happening?    Chaotic Behavior of the Collective    Animation of a Collective Path    Randomness and Chaotic Solutions    Ensemble (Averaged) Behavior    Insensitivity to noise    Summary of All Results Recent Developments in other Fields Examples and Projects - Revisited The Symbiotic Intelligence Project    The Symbiotic-Intelligence Argument    Why the Net is Unique    Whatís Unique about the Project?    Self-Organizing Approaches to Difficult Problems    Areas of Critical Development Lessons Learned Organizational Guidelines for Innovation Perspectives Resources on Self-Organizing Knowledge