How close can you get?

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ComplexityVolume 8, Issue 4 p. 10-14 How close can you get? John L. Casti, John L. Casti John L. Casti received his Ph.D. in mathematics under Richard Bellman at the University of Southern California in 1970. He worked at the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, CA, and served on the faculties of the University of Arizona, New York University, and Princeton before becoming one of the first members of the research staff at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Vienna, Austria. In 1986 he left IIASA to take up his current post as a Professor of Operations Research and System Theory at the Technical University of Vienna. He is also a member of the research staff of the Institute for Scientific Interchange, Torino, Italy, and the Systems Research Group of the Austrian National Research Center, Vienna. In addition to numerous technical articles and a number of research monographs, Professor Casti is the author of several volumes of trade science, including Paradigm Lost, Searching for Certainty, Complexification, Would-be Worlds, The Cambridge Quintet, and The One, True, Platonic Heaven.Search for more papers by this author John L. Casti, John L. Casti John L. Casti received his Ph.D. in mathematics under Richard Bellman at the University of Southern California in 1970. He worked at the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, CA, and served on the faculties of the University of Arizona, New York University, and Princeton before becoming one of the first members of the research staff at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Vienna, Austria. In 1986 he left IIASA to take up his current post as a Professor of Operations Research and System Theory at the Technical University of Vienna. He is also a member of the research staff of the Institute for Scientific Interchange, Torino, Italy, and the Systems Research Group of the Austrian National Research Center, Vienna. In addition to numerous technical articles and a number of research monographs, Professor Casti is the author of several volumes of trade science, including Paradigm Lost, Searching for Certainty, Complexification, Would-be Worlds, The Cambridge Quintet, and The One, True, Platonic Heaven.Search for more papers by this author First published: 31 July 2003 https://doi.org/10.1002/cplx.10083 AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume8, Issue4Special Issue: Complex Adaptive Systems: Part IIMarch/April 2003Pages 10-14 RelatedInformation