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Mode Complex Systems

By Nino Boccara

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2003
ISBN
9780387404622, 0-387-40462-7
Open Library ID
OL17723053M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (14036695 bytes)
Series
Graduate Texts in Physics
Edition
1
Pages
410\410
Topic
Physics
Library
Springer
Time added
2009-08-06 07:02:15

Description

This book explores the process of modeling complex systems in the widest sense of that term, drawing on examples from such diverse fields as ecology, epidemiology, sociology, seismology, as well as economics. It also provides the mathematical tools for studying the dynamics of these systems. Boccara takes a carefully inductive approach in defining what it means for a system to be 'complex' (and at the same time addresses the equally elusive concept of emergent properties). This is the first text on the subject to draw comprehensive conclusions from such a wide range of analogous phenomena.

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