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Complexity Explained

This book explains why complex systems research is important in understanding the structure, function and dynamics of complex natural and social phenomena. It illuminates how complex collective behavior emerges from the parts of a system, due to the interaction between the system and its environment...

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Main Author: Erdi, Peter. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edition:1st ed. 2008.
Subjects:
Applied mathematics.
Engineering mathematics.
Statistical physics.
Dynamical systems.
Dynamics.
Ergodic theory.
Vibration.
Mathematical and Computational Engineering.
Complex Systems.
Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory.
Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control.
Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-35778-0
Table of Contents:
  • Complex Systems: The Intellectual Landscape
  • History of Complex Systems Research
  • From the Clockwork World View to Irreversibility (and Back?)
  • The Dynamic World View in Action
  • The Search for Laws: Deductive Versus Inductive
  • Statistical Laws: From Symmetric to Asymmetric
  • Simple and Complex Structures: Between Order and Randomness
  • Complexity of the Brain: Structure, Function and Dynamics
  • From Models to Decision Making
  • How Many Cultures We Have?.

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