In this book a number of ideas and results related to the ?eld of cybern- ical physics - the scienti?c area aimed at the study of physical systems by cybernetical means - are presented. Although some publications in physical journals related to control problems appeared long ago, formation of a se- rateself-sustainedareastartedaslateasinthe1990sduetotheexplosion-like developmentofresearchincontrolofchaos, quantumcontrol, andotherareas. The number of publications has reached several thousands by the end of the century and it continues to grow very rapidly. This book is, perhaps, the ?rst...
In this book a number of ideas and results related to the ?eld of cybern- ical physics - the scienti?c area aimed at the study of physical systems by ...
Today's ever more complex world creates challenges for decision makers. This volume reviews the principles underlying complex decision making, the handling of uncertainties in dynamic environments, and the various modeling approaches. Beginning with a discussion of the underlying concepts, theories and empirical evidence, the book gives you a range of practical tools and techniques for decision making in complex environments and systems.
Today's ever more complex world creates challenges for decision makers. This volume reviews the principles underlying complex decision making, the ...
In May 2002 a number of about 20 scientists from various disciplines were invited by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities to participate in an interdisciplinary workshop on structures and structure generating processes. The site was the beautiful little castle of Blankensee, south of Berlin. The disciplines represented ranged from mathematics and information theory, over various ?elds of engineering, biochemistry and biology, to the economic and social sciences. All participants presented talks explaining the nature of structures considered in their ?elds and the...
In May 2002 a number of about 20 scientists from various disciplines were invited by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities to part...
The paradigm of complexity is pervading both science and engineering, le- ing to the emergence of novel approaches oriented at the development of a systemic view of the phenomena under study; the de?nition of powerful tools for modelling, estimation, and control; and the cross-fertilization of di?erent disciplines and approaches. One of the most promising paradigms to cope with complexity is that of networked systems. Complex, dynamical networks are powerful tools to model, estimate, and control many interesting phenomena, like agent coordination, synch- nization, social and economics events,...
The paradigm of complexity is pervading both science and engineering, le- ing to the emergence of novel approaches oriented at the development of a sy...
Social systems are among the most complex known. This poses particular problems for those who wish to understand them. The complexity often makes analytic approaches infeasible and natural language approaches inadequate for relating intricate cause and effect. However, individual- and agent-based computational approaches hold out the possibility of new and deeper understanding of such systems.
Simulating Social Complexity examines all aspects of using agent- or individual-based simulation. This approach represents systems as individual elements having each their own set of differing...
Social systems are among the most complex known. This poses particular problems for those who wish to understand them. The complexity often makes a...
The goal of this book is to present the state-of-the-art in research on time-delay dynamics in the framework of complex systems. The chapters are authored by renowned experts and cover both theory and applications in a wide range of fields.
The goal of this book is to present the state-of-the-art in research on time-delay dynamics in the framework of complex systems. The chapters are a...
This book is a collection of papers contributed by some of the greatest names in the areas of chaos and nonlinear dynamics. Each paper examines a research topic at the frontier of the area of dynamical systems. As well as reviewing recent results, each paper also discusses the future perspectives of each topic. The result is an invaluable snapshot of the state of the ?eld by some of the most important researchers in the area. The ?rst contribution in this book (the section entitled "How did you get into Chaos?") is actually not a paper, but a collection of personal accounts by a number of...
This book is a collection of papers contributed by some of the greatest names in the areas of chaos and nonlinear dynamics. Each paper examines a rese...
Model integration - the process by which different modelling efforts can be brought together to simulate the target system - is a core technology in the field of Systems Biology. In the work presented here model integration was addressed directly taking cancer systems as an example. An in-depth literature review was carried out to survey the model forms and types currently being utilised. This was used to formalise the main challenges that model integration poses, namely that of paradigm (the formalism on which a model is based), focus (the real-world system the model represents) and...
Model integration - the process by which different modelling efforts can be brought together to simulate the target system - is a core technology i...
This book presents fundamental theory, methods, and practical applications of grey systems theory, absorbing recent theoretical and applied advances, and vividly presenting the overall picture of this new theory and its frontal research activities.
This book presents fundamental theory, methods, and practical applications of grey systems theory, absorbing recent theoretical and applied ad...
In this book a number of ideas and results related to the ?eld of cybern- ical physics - the scienti?c area aimed at the study of physical systems by cybernetical means - are presented. Although some publications in physical journals related to control problems appeared long ago, formation of a se- rateself-sustainedareastartedaslateasinthe1990sduetotheexplosion-like developmentofresearchincontrolofchaos, quantumcontrol, andotherareas. The number of publications has reached several thousands by the end of the century and it continues to grow very rapidly. This book is, perhaps, the ?rst...
In this book a number of ideas and results related to the ?eld of cybern- ical physics - the scienti?c area aimed at the study of physical systems by ...
