Interactive portal for facilitating the representation and exploration of complexity

摘要

Embodiments described herein pertain to a standardized set of tools for representing and exploring the components and characteristics of complex systems. In one embodiment, the tools are deployed in a computer network environment so as to engage a social network such that its members utilize the tools to collaboratively construct and maintain a dynamically evolving learning environment in which complexity is represented and explored.

主权项

1. A computer implemented system for creating a representation of a complex system, comprising:
a model framework user interface component that includes a model framework having a plurality of ontologically organized segments; and an engine that applies a protocol to the model framework so as to generate a multi-scale representation of the complex system such that multiple parts of the complex system are represented by publicly modifiable scripted patterns of color and motion within and among the ontologically organized segments.