Complexity Explained

• Main Author: Erdi, Peter (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Dynamics.; Ergodic theory.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Vibration.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory.; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control.

This book explains why complex systems research is important in understanding the structure, function and dynamics of complex natural and social phenomena. It illuminates how complex collective behavior emerges from the parts of a system, due to the interaction between the system and its environment...