Particular individuals do not recur, but their building blocks do. — John Henry Holland Block Copy Share Image
nonlinear interactions almost always make the behavior of the aggregate more complicated than would be predicted by summing or averaging. — John Henry Holland Behavior Copy Share Image
The multiplier effect is a major feature of networks and flows. It arises regardless of the particular nature of the resource, be… — John Henry Holland Arise Copy Share Image
Model building is the art of selecting those aspects of a process that are relevant to the question being asked. As with… — John Henry Holland Art Copy Share Image
When a new building block is discovered, the result is usually a range of innovations. — John Henry Holland Block Copy Share Image
Evolution continually innovates, but at each level it conserves the elements that are recombined to yield the innovations. — John Henry Holland Biology Copy Share Image
The recycling of resource by the aggregate behavior of a diverse array of agents is much more than the sum of the… — John Henry Holland Action Copy Share Image
Unwrapping occurs when the "solution" is explicitly built into the program from the start. — John Henry Holland Built Copy Share Image
Looking back to data, we can see if the consequences are plausible; looking forward to theory, we can see if general principles… — John Henry Holland Consequence Copy Share Image
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… — John Henry Holland Approach Copy Share Image
From the point of view of physics, it is a miracle that [seven million New Yorkers are fed each day] without any… — John Henry Holland Capitalism Copy Share Image
The measure of performance of any given agent is the amount of money it accumulates through its actions. — John Henry Holland Action Copy Share Image
If there is to be a competition, there must be some basis for resolving it. It is also clear that the competition… — John Henry Holland Bases Copy Share Image
This use of building blocks to generate internal models is a pervasive feature of complex adaptive systems. — John Henry Holland Adaptive Copy Share Image
If we are to understand the interactions of a large number of agents, we must first be able to describe the capabilities… — John Henry Holland Able Copy Share Image
With theory, we can separate fundamental characteristics from fascinating idiosyncrasies and incidental features. Theory supplies landmarks and guideposts, and we begin to… — John Henry Holland Characteristics Copy Share Image
