Understanding emergence in complex systems using abductive AI

Jingtao Ding, Yu Zheng, Fengli Xu, Carlo Vittorio Cannistraci, Xiaowen Dong, Paolo Santi, Guido Caldarelli, Yizhou Sun, Qi R. Wang, Boleslaw K. Szymanski, Carlo Ratti, Trey Ideker, Jianxi Gao, Yong Li, Deliang Chen

Abstract: Traditional approaches in complexity science struggle to capture emergent phenomena, but abductive reasoning — now computationally feasible through artificial intelligence — offers a new pathway for discovery.

External IDs:doi:10.1038/s42254-025-00895-5