Local activation + long range inhibition

Reaction-diffusion (Turing patterns)

Spontaneous symmetry breaking

Coarsening patterns

Preferential attachment / rich-gets-richer

Social networks, naming/language games

Stigmergy

Social insects, sociocultural processes

Balance b/w production and destruction

Game of Life, autopoiesis

Balance b/w exploration and exploitation

Evolutionary algorithms, PSO

Coevolution of structure and behavior

Adaptive networks, mind-body coevolution

Other? 

Discussion

Future Perspectives

How can one make self-organization programmable?
Can one predict the macroscopic outcomes of self-organization?
What are the roles of self-organization in ALife challenges (e.g., open-ended evolution)?