The Science of Disasters : Climate Disruptions, Heart Attacks, and Market Crashes /
Are there universal laws governing the persistence of weather, and is it possible to predict climate transitions as generated by natural or man-made perturbations? How can one quantify the roller-coaster dynamics of stock markets and anticipate mega-crashes? Can we diagnose the health condition of p...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint : Springer,
2002.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Are there universal laws governing the persistence of weather, and is it possible to predict climate transitions as generated by natural or man-made perturbations? How can one quantify the roller-coaster dynamics of stock markets and anticipate mega-crashes? Can we diagnose the health condition of patients from heartbeat time-series analysis which may even form the basis for infarct prevention? This book tackles these questions by applying advanced methods from statistical physics and related fields to all types of non-linear dynamics prone to disaster. The transdisciplinary analysis is organized in some dozen review articles written by world-class scientists. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XX, 453 pages 227 illustrations, 57 illustrations in color.) |
| ISBN: | 9783642562570 (electronic bk.) 3642562574 (electronic bk.) |