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Model of a Holarcy (descendant). The holons in the grey cells are virtual holons. (Source: Presentation of Mesarovich's schema 1975).
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A minor conceptual revolution has been under way for less than forty years now, beginning in 1967 with the publication of Arthur Koestler's The Ghost in the Machine – a phantasmagorical book in terms of the breath and variety of its content – which formally introduced the concepts of holon and holarchy (the hierarchical ordering of holons). Koestle...
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... In a "hologram," any part of the whole contains the whole in the frequency domain. In a "holon" simultaneously, a whole and a part of a larger whole are interconnected (but not integrated) in spacetime (see Mella (2009) and references therein). Holonomic has a broader viewpoint than the holonic one since it considers holons encapsulated in an operational environment that allows v them to reveal themselves and produce the dynamic process for the entire holarchy. ...
This pioneering research on how specific molecules deep inside our brains form a dynamic information holarchy in phase space, linking mind and consciousness, is not only provocative but also revolutionary. Holonomic is a dynamic encapsulation of the holonic view that originates from the word "holon" and designates a holarchical rather than a hierarchical, dynamic brain organization to encompass multiscale effects. The unitary nature of consciousness being interconnected stems from a multiscalar organization of the brain. We aim to give a holonomic modification of the thermodynamic approach to the problem of consciousness using spatiotemporal intermittency. Starting with quasiparticles as the minimalist material composition of the dynamical brain where interferences patterns between incoherent waves of quasiparticles and their quantum-thermal fluctuations constrain the kinetic internal energy of endogenous molecules through informational channels of the negentropically-derived quantum potential. This indicates that brains are not multifractal involving avalanches but are multiscalar, suggesting that unlike the hologram, where the functional interactions occur in the spectral domain, the spatiotemporal binding is multiscalar because of self-referential amplification occurring via long-range correlative information. The associated negentropic entanglement permeates the unification of the functional information architecture across multiple scales. As such, the holonomic brain theory is suitable for active consciousness, proving that consciousness is not fundamental. The holonomic model of the brain's internal space is nonmetric and nonfractal. It contains a multiscalar informational structure decoded by intermittency spikes in the fluctuations of the negentropically-derived quantum potential. It is therefore, a more realistic approach than the platonic models in phase space.
... A emergência aparece em um nível mais alto como resultado das interações dos agentes em um nível mais baixo. Essas características dos SAC surgem de suas estruturas holônicas (Mella, 2009). As estruturas holônicas são formadas por hólons, ou seja, entidades que são ao mesmo tempo completas ou 'todos' e partes de 'todos' ainda maiores. ...
Este artículo presenta la metodología y los resultados de la aplicación conjunta de la Investigación Apreciativa (Cooperrider y Srivastva, 1987), el Metamodelo de Gestión (Cardoso, 2021) y el Design Thinking (Brown, 2010) en dos organizaciones.
... The holonic architecture is characterized by the aggregation of a universal entity known as a holon. A holon possesses the ability to function autonomously as a whole entity while also being part of a larger entity of the same type [20]. In the context of a holonic SG, a holon can be conceptualized as the aggregation of multiple microgrids, each of which is further comprised of smaller microgrids, ultimately extending to the level of individual houses or electric devices. ...
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... feedback received from experts, information embedded in the IFC model) until they can make a decision and select the preferred solution that will be built. The platform enables seamless communication and coordination according to the cognitive interpretation of holonic management systems (HMS), which is depicted in Figure 2, and which provides greater agility and increased robustness against disturbances as compared to centralized systems (Mella, 2009). In this view, holons are defined as cognitive units of holarchies that are made of one or more agents and can dynamically reconfigure themselves into new holarchies. ...
... The second web service consists in a proactive, partially automated, human-machine cooperation platform, that was based on the operative interpretation of the Holonic Management System (HMS) architecture, which is made of self-organizing modules (Mella, 2009). Its implementation followed the PROSA (Product-Resource-Order-Staff Architecture) reference architecture (Valckenaers & Van Brussel, 2016), because of its capabilities of mediating between low-level and high-level decisions while sticking to a shared objective. ...
... Several approaches (Esparcia et al., 2014;DeLoach and García-Ojeda, 2014) use these multiple levels to deal with complex systems even in domains different from computer science (Mella, 2009). ...
... In a "hologram," any part of the whole contains the whole in the frequency domain. In a "holon" simultaneously, a whole and a part of a larger whole are interconnected (but not integrated) in spacetime (see Mella (2009) and references therein). Holonomic has a broader viewpoint than the holonic one since it considers holons encapsulated in an operational environment that allows v them to reveal themselves and produce the dynamic process for the entire holarchy. ...
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... A holonic architecture is an architecture defined by the aggregation of one universal entity called holon. A holon is an entity that can work (by itself) as a whole while at the same time, being part of a larger entity of the same type (Mella, 2009). In a holonic SG, a holon can be seen in such architecture as the aggregation of multiple microgrids, while each of them is also an aggregation of smaller microgrids until we reach the level of houses or electric devices. ...
... The scientific community recognizes Arthur Koestler as the first person who formally introduced the concepts of Holon, Holarchy, and Holonic Network in The Ghost in the Machine (1967/1989). In terms of systems science and organizational studies, this has been followed by Ken Wilber (1995), Ervin Laszlo (1996), and Piero Mella (2009Mella ( , 2017. For our purposes, we will restrict our Literature Review on the basic terms, definitions, and descriptions proposed by these authors since they are most relevant to the discussion on Holarchical Innovation Teams (HITs). ...
This paper establishes the terms and definitions for the nascent
discipline of Holarchical Innovation Teams (HITs). It provides a
Review of Literature of those individuals who have contributed to
our understanding of holarchies and who assist in creating an
etymology for HITs in order to lay the foundations for subsequent
papers on HITs philosophy and principles for future researchers
and scholars of the discipline.
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Prokopchuk Y. Intuition: The Experience of Formal Research. Dnipro, Ukraine : PSACEA Press, 2022. 724 p. ISBN 978-966-323-188-4 (1st edition)
A new concept of Intuition, the Deep Unconscious is considered on the basis of the Paradigm of limiting generalizations. The book describes a high-level sketch. The results of the study can be used in education, economics, medicine, artificial intelligence, and the management of complex systems of various nature.
Прокопчук Ю.А. Интуиция: опыт формального исследования. Монография. Днепр, Украина: Изд. ПГАСА, 2022. – 724 с.
Традиционная рациональность оказывается неспособной ответить на многие вопросы, возникающие вокруг интуиции. В книге предпринята попытка прояснить глубинные механизмы работы интуиции, творчества, бессознательного на основе парадигмы предельных обобщений. Результаты описывают новые подходы к поддержанию оптимальной сложности в субъективном представлении и анализе больших данных.
Результаты исследования могут найти применение в образовании, экономике, медицине, искусственном интеллекте, управлении сложными системами разной природы.
... The idea is clear and simple: when observing the universe around us (at the physical and biological level, and in a real or formal sense) a relationship of the whole/part between the observed "entities" should be considered, i.e. not only consideration of atoms, molecules, cells, individuals, systems, words or concepts as autonomous and independent units, but always be aware that each of these units is simultaneously a whole -consisting of smaller parts -and part of a larger whole, is a holon [33]. ...
... For instance, they are increasingly used in physics, biology, organizational research, management science, business administration, and management, as well as in production and supply systems. There are ideas of holonic networks, holonic and virtual enterprises, virtual organizations, flexible production networks, holonic production systems, fractal enterprise, and bionic production which are related to these areas [33]. ...
The optimization of both power consumption and balance of Smart Grid is required for online power control considering the use of alternative energy sources. A concept of "generating consumers" has been introduced for active consumers, leading to flexibly regulating the power flows, equalizing the load schedule, and minimizing the financial costs of consumed power. This study aimed to develop a new mathematical model of optimal both power consumption and balance considering the participation of "generating consumer" in the form of wind resources, which presents the intelligent system with a bidirectional power flow. The approach proposes a priority system to choose the optimal generation source, minimizing its material and financial costs based on the particle swarm optimization algorithm and holon concept. A high potential of own wind sources has been examined in a coastal zone of the Far East and on the Russky and Popov Islands. As result, Russky Island doesn't receive any additional income (max À433 EUR) since its power consumption cannot be covered even with bidirectional power flows while the Popov Island gains income (max 468 EUR) due to existing power excess. The efficiency of the developed software has been validated by using the gradient descent algorithm.
