Emergent Nested Systems A Theory of Understanding and Influencing Complex Systems as well as Case Studies in Urban Systems /

• Main Author: Walloth, Christian (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Understanding Complex Systems,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Urban geography.; Statistical physics.; Sociophysics.; Econophysics.; Complexity, Computational.; Complexity.; Socio- and Econophysics, Population and Evolutionary Models.; Nonlinear Dynamics.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).

This book presents a theory as well as methods to understand and to purposively influence complex systems. It suggests a theory of complex systems as nested systems, i. e. systems that enclose other systems and that are simultaneously enclosed by even other systems. According to the theory presented...

Table of Contents:

• Complex Systems and Man's Desire to Understand and Influence Them
• A Theory of Emergent Nested Systems
• Understanding and Influencing Emergent Nested Systems
• Reflections and Outlook.