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Complexity Explained

By Peter Erdi (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2008
ISBN
3540357777, 9783540357773, 9783540357780
DOI
10.1007/978-3-540-35778-0
LCC
QA267.7 .E73 2008
Open Library ID
OL18505034M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4843722 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
397\400
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of EngineerControlDynamical Systems

Description

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. You will learn the basic concepts and methods of complex system research. It is shown that very different complex phenomena of nature and society can be analyzed and understood by nonlinear dynamics since many systems of very different fields, such as physics, chemistry, biology, economics, psychology and sociology etc. have similar architecture. "Complexity Explained" is not highly technical and mathematical, but teaches and uses the basic mathematical notions of dynamical system theory making the book useful for students of science majors and graduate courses, but it should be readable for a more general audience; actually for those, who ask: What complex systems really are?

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