From System Complexity to Emergent Properties

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Aziz-Alaoui, M. A. (Editor), Bertelle, C. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Understanding Complex Systems,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Dynamics.; Ergodic theory.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Vibration.; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.; Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory.

Emergence and complexity refer to the appearance of higher-level properties and behaviours of a system that obviously comes from the collective dynamics of that system's components. These properties are not directly deductable from the lower-level motion of that system. Emergent properties are...