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A way of modelling a Complex Adaptive System. A system with high adaptive capacity exerts complex adaptive behavior in a changing environment.

taken from en.wikipedia.org, where Acadac was inspired to create this graphic after reading: Subject: Complex adaptive system
 * Roger Lewin (1992) Complexity: Life and the Edge of Chaos
 * Steven Johnson (2001) Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software