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| **Nonlinearity**. Agents interact, rather than just adding together. | **Nonlinearity**. Agents interact, rather than just adding together. | ||
| - | **Flowsv. Agents organize into networks of potential interactions. One interaction triggers another, causing effects to flow through these networks. | + | **Flows**. Agents organize into networks of potential interactions. One interaction triggers another, causing effects to flow through these networks. |
| **Diversity**. Agents evolve to fill diverse niches, which are defined by how the agent interacts with other agents. Niches usually outlive their current occupants, and the change of niches over time has a much greater effect on an ecosystem than changes to individual agents. For markets, if agents are businesses then niches are industries. | **Diversity**. Agents evolve to fill diverse niches, which are defined by how the agent interacts with other agents. Niches usually outlive their current occupants, and the change of niches over time has a much greater effect on an ecosystem than changes to individual agents. For markets, if agents are businesses then niches are industries. | ||
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