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. 2004 Nov-Dec;15(6):339–344. doi: 10.1155/2004/238126

TABLE 2.

Three main features of emergent phenomena

1. Often unpredictable and counterintuitive
2. Seemingly minor changes in the action of one component of the system can have profound effects on the entire system
3. There is not necessarily a logical link between the actions of a single component and the outcome at the group or system level

Data from reference 13