ISBN:
9780195124415
,
9780199798100
Language:
English
Pages:
XVI, 349 S.
,
Ill., graph. Darst.
,
25 cm
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Mitchell, Melanie Complexity
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Mitchell, Melanie Complexity
Keywords:
Complexity (Philosophy)
;
Einführung
;
Komplexität
;
Komplexes System
;
Komplexitätstheorie
Abstract:
Background and history. What is complexity? ; dynamics, chaos, and prediction ; Information ; Computation ; Evolution ; Genetics, simplified ; Defining and measuring complexity -- Life and evolution in computers. Self-reproducing computer programs ; Genetic algorithms -- Computation writ large. Cellular automata, life, and the universe ; Computing with particles ; Information processing in living systems ; How to make analogies (if you are a computer) ; Prospects of computer modeling -- Network thinking. The science of networks ; Applying network science to real-world networks ; The mystery of scaling ; Evolution, complexified -- Conclusion. The past and future of the sciences of complexity
Note:
Literaturverz. S. [326] - 336
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Includes bibliographical references and index. - Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
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