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From: eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: Chaos theory for software engineering? sure but
Keywords: chaos
Message-ID: <5309@eos.UUCP>
Date: 2 Oct 89 17:39:11 GMT
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Reply-To: eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Calif.
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In article <4125@pegasus.ATT.COM> psrc@pegasus.ATT.COM (Paul S. R. Chisholm) writes:
>Yeah, I know, the last thing software people need is more chaos.-)  But
>seriously, I'm partway through CHAOS:  THE MAKING OF A NEW SCIENCE by

A great joke! 8)  The problem with this book is the non-linear dynamics
has become yet another scientific fad.  One can't even go into
a restaurant locally to hear someone say some nonsense.  I do not
work in the field, but know a few people who do.  Do not use the
word "chaos" near some of them anymore.  (Like the expression "Santa Cruz
[the University] does not do chaos any more.")

>Has anyone found any references to applying chaos theory to software?

See Hubermann's
The Ecology of Computation.

Hubermann is in the last chapter of Gleick, he also has a Virtual Journal.
If you want pictures, Cliff Pickover's journal at IBM is popular.

Hum.... No one mentioned either of these?

Another gross generalization from

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