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From a set of parts to an indivisible whole. Part III: Holistic space of multi-object relations

2008/06/08 by Leonid Andreev, Andreev, Leonid
Computer Science · Engineering · Mathematics · #Advanced Research in Systems and Signal Processing #FOS: Computer and information sciences #History and Theory of Mathematics #Mathematical Control Systems and Analysis #Other Computer Science (cs.OH) #cs.OH

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0806.1355

16 pages, 16 figures

arxiv created 2008/06/08 · openalex publication_date 2008/06/08 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

The previously described methodology for hierarchical grouping of objects through iterative averaging has been used for simulation of cooperative interactions between objects of a system with the purpose of investigation of the conformational organization of the system. Interactions between objects were analyzed within the space of an isotropic field of one of the objects (drifter). Such an isotropic field of an individual object can be viewed as a prototype of computer ego. It allows visualization of a holistic space of multi-object relations (HSMOR) which has a complex structure depending on the number of objects, their mutual arrangement in space, and the type of metric used for assessment of (dis)similarities between the objects. In the course of computer simulation of cooperative interactions between the objects, only those points of the space were registered which corresponded to transitions in hierarchical grouping. Such points appeared to aggregate into complex spatial structures determining a unique internal organization of a respective HSMOR. We describe some of the peculiarities of such structures, referred to by us as attractor membranes, and discuss their properties. We also demonstrate the peculiarities of the changing of intergroup similarities which occurs when a drifter infinitely moves away from the fixed objects.

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