Adaptationadaptive
Adaptationadaptive is a term used in interdisciplinary discussions to describe systems or processes in which adaptation itself is adaptive. It is not a widely standardized concept, and its meaning can vary by field, but it generally refers to recursive or meta-level adaptation where the rules or parameters governing adaptation are themselves adjusted in response to feedback.
Adaptationadaptive refers to a two-tiered or self-referential form of change: an adaptive mechanism that tunes its
- Biology: could describe plasticity or evolutionary processes where the rate or mode of adaptation changes depending
- Computing and AI: aligns with meta-learning, auto-tuning, or adaptive optimization, where algorithms modify their own adaptation
- Social-ecological systems: policy and governance processes that modify how they learn and revise strategies, including how
Key features include recursive feedback loops, context sensitivity, multi-level interactions, and an emphasis on “learning to
As a label, adaptationadaptive highlights the importance of mechanisms that monitor and adjust their own adaptability.
Adaptation; adaptive systems; meta-learning; resilience; auto-tuning.