Abstract
Selfdisciplinarity is presented as a necessary step in problem solving for evergrowing complexity systems.
Answering to the demand for systems able to combine technologies, sciences, and engineering into condensed expressions, the polytope project is proposed. This project starts from a general architecture shared by the operational structure of self-evolvable devices, the functional organization of organisms as informational and cognitive systems, and the scientific and engineering methods.
Conceptual, selfware, hardware, fabrication and applications perspectives of this project are sketched.
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Iordache, O. (2012). Perspectives. In: Self-Evolvable Systems. Understanding Complex Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28882-1_12
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