Complexity Science: An Introduction
Author | : Mark A Peletier |
Publisher | : World Scientific |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 2019-03-20 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789813239616 |
ISBN-13 | : 9813239611 |
Rating | : 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Download or read book Complexity Science: An Introduction written by Mark A Peletier and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2019-03-20 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book on complexity science comprises a collection of chapters on methods and principles from a wide variety of disciplinary fields — from physics and chemistry to biology and the social sciences.In this two-part volume, the first part is a collection of chapters introducing different aspects in a coherent fashion, and providing a common basis and the founding principles of the different complexity science approaches; the next provides deeper discussions of the different methods of use in complexity science, with interesting illustrative applications.The fundamental topics deal with self-organization, pattern formation, forecasting uncertainties, synchronization and revolutionary change, self-adapting and self-correcting systems, and complex networks. Examples are taken from biology, chemistry, engineering, epidemiology, robotics, economics, sociology, and neurology.