Percepts and Concepts Laboratory

 

Complex Adaptive Systems Outreach

The Chaos Game: Further Exploration

Exploration questions:

• At what percent does the structured pattern begin to emerge?
• Why does it emerge at that percent?
• Do you think it will be the same percent for all shapes? (triangles, squares, pentagons, etc.)
• Create destinations in as perfect a square shape you can manage and look at the pattern that emerges. Then create 4 destinations in a very irregular layout and look at the pattern that emerges. How do you explain the difference?
• If we set things up so that one destination is picked more frequently than the others, how do you expect the picture to change?
• What is the area of the pattern?
• Give examples of other systems that appear highly ordered at one level, but might have randomness when looked at a different level.
• What about systems that DEPEND on randomness at a different level to create the structure at the higher level?