Fuzzy Worlds and the Quest for Modeling Complex-Adaptive Systems

Abstract

This chapter introduces the concept of fuzzy world as an ontological basis for modeling complex-adaptive systems. The concept is grounded on a phenomenological analysis of these systems over micro and macro scales. Discussion is developed from a recapitulation of some concepts of complexity science and complex systems modeling. Finally, the argument points out that fuzzy worlds find in fuzzy sets and systems theory a natural epistemological and methodological support.