Why writing a book about a specialized task of the large topic of complex systems? And who will read it? The answer is simple: The fascination for a didacticall

This volume is devoted to the exciting topic of dissipative solitons, i.e. pulses or spatially localised waves in systems exhibiting gain and loss. Examples are

The dissipative soliton concept is a fundamental extension of the concept of solitons in conservative and integrable systems. It includes ideas from three major

This book introduces the basic concept of a dissipative soliton, before going to explore recent theoretical and experimental results for various classes of diss

This book consists of survey and research articles expanding on the theme of the OC International Conference on Reaction-Diffusion Systems and Viscosity Solutio