Complex Physical, Biophysical And Econophysical Systems - Proceedings Of The 22nd Canberra International Physics Summer School Hardback
Edited by Robert L (Australian Nat'l Univ, Australia) Dewar, Frank (Australian Nat'l Univ, Australia) Detering
Part of the World Scientific Lecture Notes In Complex Systems series
Hardback
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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.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:400 pages
- Publisher:World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
- Publication Date:09/03/2010
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- ISBN:9789814277310
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:400 pages
- Publisher:World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
- Publication Date:09/03/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9789814277310