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The journal foresight, an international bi-monthly journal concerned with the study of the future, has published a special issue [1] on Rosennean anticipatory systems. This issue is the result of a 2008 FuMee (”Future Meetings”): Understanding Anticipatory Systems [2].
 
References:
[1] Miller, R. (ed.), Poli, R. (ed.). 2010. Special Issue: Anticipatory systems and the philosophical foundations of […]

Robert Rosen’s anticipatory systems are the focus of the first in a series of thematic issues of the International Journal of General Systems [1], as noted by George Klir in the issue editorial:
The primary distinction is that thematic issues are invited and written by one author or, possibly, by one team of authors. The purpose […]

From ScienceNOW Daily News, this story, entitled “Pavlov’s Bacteria?”[1]:

Researchers already know that microbes can mount simple responses to changes in their environment, such as acidity fluctuations, by altering their internal workings. If the changes are regular enough, bacteria can respond ahead of time. But systems biologist Saeed Tavazoie of Princeton University wondered if microbes were […]

The latest issue (Feb ‘08, 91(2)) of the journal Biosystems contains at least a couple of articles relevant to Rosennean Complexity. The theme of the issue is “Modelling Autonomy”.
Two abstracts in particular caught my eye:

Autonomy and hypersets
Anthony Chemero and Michael T. Turvey
This paper has two primary aims. The first is to provide an introductory discussion […]

Word of this conference was recently posted on the ROSEN forum:
Mitteleuropa Foundation  
Understanding Anticipatory Systems

Rovereto, April, 10-12 2008
Futures studies (FS) is a broad field that employs a wide variety of techniques, ranging from forecasting to simulation, from planning to trend extrapolation to scenarios. FS is also characterised by many different conceptualisations and formalisations. The focus of this workshop […]