Why We Live in Hierarchies?: A Quantitative Treatise

ISBN-13: 9783319704814 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 110 str.

Anna Zafeiris-Lazar; Tamas Vicsek

Opis

The book covers systems ranging from flocks of birds to groups of people. Although it focuses on hierarchical collective behavior in general, two aspects pop up in the majority of cases: collective motion and dynamically changing, partially directed networks (and the natural relation between the two).

Spis treści

Introduction.- General considerations.- Motivation.- Hierarchical structures in space and in networks.- Definitions and Basic Concepts.- Describing hierarchical structures.- Visualization techniques.- Observations and measurements.- Animal groups.- Hierarchy in Humans.- Experiments on the emergence and function.- The Liskaland camp experiment.- Picturask.- Modelling emergence and control.- Emergence of hierarchy in model systems.- The complex efficiency landscape of hierarchical organizations.- Controlling hierarchical networks.- Conclusions.- General features of hierarchical structures.- Origins of flow hierarchy.- Emergence of hierarchy.