Complexity Science: An Introduction (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789813239593)

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.

Author: Mark A. Peletier
ISBN-10: 981323959X
ISBN-13: 9789813239593
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 04/12/2019
Pages: 428
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.63lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d