Foundations of complex systems emergence, information and predicition /
This book provides a self-contained presentation of the physical and mathematical laws governing complex systems. Complex systems arising in natural, engineering, environmental, life and social sciences are approached from a unifying point of view using an array of methodologies such as microscopic...
Основен автор: | Nicolis, G., 1939- |
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Други автори: | Nicolis, Catherine. |
Формат: | Електронен |
Език: | English |
Публикувано: |
Hackensack, NJ :
World Scientific,
℗♭2012.
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Издание: | 2nd ed. |
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Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=457204 |
Съдържание:
- Preface; Preface to the Second Edition; Contents; 1 The Phenomenology of Complex Systems; 1.1 Complexity, a new paradigm; 1.2 Signatures of complexity; 1.3 Onset of complexity; 1.4 Four case studies; 1.4.1 Emergence of macroscopic order: Rayleigh-Benard convection; 1.4.2 The challenge of prediction: atmospheric and climatic variability; 1.4.3 Information transfer and collective decision making: food recruitment in ants; 1.4.4 Human systems; 1.5 Summing up; Exercises and Problems; Relevant references; 2 Deterministic View; 2.1 Dynamical systems, phase space, stability.