Complexity science : the study of emergence /
Ecosystems, the human brain, ant colonies and economic networks are all complex systems displaying collective behavior, or emergence, beyond the sum of their parts. Complexity science is the systematic investigation of these emergent phenomena, and stretches across disciplines, from physics and math...
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2023.
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. Conceptual Foundation of Complexity Science
- 1. The Science of Emergence
- 2. Conceptual Framework of Emergence
- 3. Specific Types of Emergent Behaviour
- 4. The Value of Prototypical Models of Emergence
- Part II. Mathematical Tools of Complexity Science
- 5. Branching Processes
- 6. Statistical Mechanics
- 7. Synchronisation
- 8. Network Theory
- 9. Information Theory and Entropy
- 10. Stochastic Dynamics and Equations for the Probabilities
- 11. Agent-Based Modelling
- 12. Intermittency
- 13. Tipping Points, Transitions and Forecasting
- 14. Concluding Comments and a Look to the Future.