Abstract. We consider models of emergence, adding downward causation to conventional models where causation permeates from low-level elements to high-level behaviour. We describe a...
Fiona Polack, Susan Stepney, Heather R. Turner, Pe...
As the U.S. Department of Homeland Security works to create an integrated emergency response system, it is evident that computer-based solutions can support this process. Individu...
Eytan Pollak, Mark Falash, Lorie Ingraham, Vivian ...
Hospital emergency departments in the US are facing increasing challenges due to growth in patient demand for their services, and inability to increase capacity to match demand. W...
Deborah J. Medeiros, Eric Swenson, Christopher DeF...
An entire emergency department of a general hospital is simulated to examine patient flows. First, times needed for both outpatients and patients arriving via ambulance to be proc...
This paper presents computer simulations which investigate the effect that different group sizes have on the emergence of compositional structures in languages. The simulations are...