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2、comprisemanyinteractingpartswiththeabilitytogenerateanewqualityofmacroscopiccollectivebehaviorthroughself-organization,e.g.,thespontaneousformationoftemporal,spatialorfunctionalstructures.Thisrecognition,thatthecollectivebehaviorofthewholesystemcannotbesimplyinferredfromtheun•derstanding
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