Abstract
The system generating element (SGE), that is the minimal functional element of emerging systems, is to have the following attributes:
-the SGE is of self-replicating,
-the SGE has chances to change its attributes,
-the existence of a SGE causes the change of the rate of replication of other SGEs.
Infinite state cellular automata composed of cells playing SGE are chosen as the model for verification of the role of the SGE. The numerical experiments with the model show that the systems really emerge out of a SGE, that is,
-the complex elements of system emerge and
-the interactions among the elements emerge.
The verification tells us that the existence of the SGE is also the condition of self-organization of systems.
Some of the characteristics of emerging process observed with the model are to be seen in real-life systems such as in the biological system. This observation suggests us that we need to differentiate the characteristics from specific ones adjunct to the specific real-life systems. In other words, they are not specific to the real-life system but rather universal to the emerging system.
