Boids (Flocks, Herds, and Schools: a Distributed Behavioral Model) - Background and update on BOIDS, the 1987 model of group motion in flocks, herds, schools and related phenomena. Includes a Java-based demonstration and many links to related research and applications.
Complexification , NEAT (algorithm) - NEAT is applied to an open-ended coevolutionary robot duel domain where robot controllers com- pete head to head [PDF]
Dissipative structures - Critical overview of Self-Organization in Non-Equilibrium Systems issues.