Modeling complex systems
By: Nino Boccara.
Series: Graduate texts in contemporary physics
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 397
Subjects: System theory -- Mathematical models; System analysis -- Mathematical models
Description: This book explores the process of modeling complex systems in the widest sense of that term, drawing on examples from such diverse fields as ecology, epidemiology, sociology, seismology, as well as economics. It also provides the mathematical tools for studying the dynamics of these systems. Boccara takes a carefully inductive approach in defining what it means for a system to be "complex" (and at the same time addresses the equally elusive concept of emergent properties). This is the first text on the subject to draw comprehensive conclusions from such a wide range of analogous phenomena.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-387) and index.