UID:
almahu_9949199594202882
Format:
X, 302 p.
,
online resource.
Edition:
1st ed. 2002.
ISBN:
9783662050620
Series Statement:
Springer Series in Synergetics,
Content:
This book shows how, by rather simple models, we can gain remarkable insights into the behavior of complex systems. It is devoted to the discussion of functional self-organization in large populations of interacting active elements. The possible forms of self-organization in such systems range from coherent collective motions in the physical coordinate space to the mutual synchronization of internal dynamics, the development of coherently operating groups, the rise of hierarchical structures, and the emergence of dynamical networks. Such processes play an important role in biological and social phenomena. The authors have chosen a series of models from physics, biochemistry, biology, sociology and economics, and will systematically discuss their general properties. The book addresses researchers and graduate students in a variety of disciplines, such as physics, chemistry, biology and the social sciences.
Note:
1. Introduction -- 2. The Games of Life -- 3. Active Motion -- 4. Ridden by the Noise ... -- 5. Dynamics with Delays and Expectations -- 6. Mutual Synchronization -- 7. Dynamical Clustering. -- 8. Hierarchical Organization -- 9. Dynamics and Evolution of Networks. -- References.
In:
Springer Nature eBook
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783642075742
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783540421641
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783662050637
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-662-05062-0
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05062-0