Complex Physical, Biophysical And Econophysical Systems - Proceedings Of The 22Nd Canberra International Physics Summer School: 9 (World Scientific Lecture Notes In Complex Systems) - Hardcover

Dewar Robert L & Detering Frank

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9814277312 ISBN 13: 9789814277310

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company, 2010

Synopsis

This book arose from a conference organized under the auspices of the Australian Research Council's Complex Open Systems Research Network (which has become the most prominent for complex systems in the world - just Google complex systems network), the ANU Centre for Complex Systems, and the Asia-Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics. The book is unique in the scope of its coverage of applications of complex systems science, including: extraterrestrial - astrophysical, solar and space plasmas; earth system - climate, ecosystems; and, human systems - brain dynamics, social networks, financial statistics, advanced technologies. It also presents up-to-date discussions of new theoretical approaches, in particular those based on entropy and entropy production maximization, a field still under development but with much promise for providing a much-needed unifying principle for complex systems science. The authors are at the forefront of their fields, and organized their chapters to effectively bring out common features of complex systems. A comprehensive and common lexicon of keywords has been used to unify indexing, thus making the book an invaluable introduction to anyone seeking an overview of complex systems science.

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This book arose from a conference organized under the auspices of the Australian Research Council's Complex Open Systems Research Network (which has become the most prominent for complex systems in the world just Google "complex systems network"), the ANU Centre for Complex Systems, and the Asia-Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics. The book is unique in the scope of its coverage of applications of complex systems science: Extraterrestrial astrophysical, solar and space plasmas; Earth System climate, ecosystems; Human systems brain dynamics, social networks, financial statistics, advanced technologies.

It also presents up-to-date discussions of new theoretical approaches, in particular those based on entropy and entropy production maximization, a field still under development but with much promise for providing a much-needed unifying principle for complex systems science.

The authors are at the forefront of their fields, and organized their chapters to effectively bring out common features of complex systems. A comprehensive and common lexicon of keywords has been used to unify indexing, thus making the book an invaluable introduction to anyone seeking an overview of complex systems science.

Edition details

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9814277312
• ISBN 13: 9789814277310
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400
• Editor: Robert L. Dewar, Frank Detering