Dynamics of complex systems /

Dynamics of Complex Systems is the first text describing the modern unified study of complex systems. It is designed for upper-undergraduate/beginning graduate-level students, and covers a broad range of applications in a broad array of disciplines. A central goal of this text is to develop models a...

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Main Author: Bar-Yam, Yaneer (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, 1997.
Series:Studies in nonlinearity.
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Table of Contents:
  • 0 Overview: The Dynamics of Complex Systems-Examples, Questions, Methods and Concepts
  • Introduction and Preliminaries
  • Neural NetworksI: Subdivision and hierarchy
  • Neural Networks II: Models of Mind
  • Protein Folding I: Size Scaling of Time
  • Protein Folding II: Kinetic Pathways
  • Life I: Evolution-Origin of complex Organisms
  • Life II: Developmental Biology-Complex by design
  • Human Civilization I: Defining Complexity
  • Human civilization II: A Complex(ity) Transition.