Statistical Physics of Complex Systems A Concise Introduction /

• Main Author: Bertin, Eric (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2016.
• Subjects: Physics.; System theory.; Complexity, Computational.; Complex Systems.; Complexity.; Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems.

This course-tested primer provides graduate students and non-specialists with a basic understanding of the concepts and methods of statistical physics and demonstrates their wide range of applications to interdisciplinary topics in the field of complex system sciences, including selected aspects of...

Table of Contents:

• Equilibrium Statistical Physics
• Non-equilibrium Dynamics and Stochastic Formalism
• Statistical Physics of Interacting Macroscopic Units
• Beyond Assemblies of Stable Units
• Statistical Description of Chaotic Deterministic Systems
• A Probabilistic Viewpoint on Fluctuations and Rare Events.