Title: Foundations of Synergetics I
Description: This textbook (the first of two volumes) provides an introduction to the general theory of cooperative behavior in active systems of various origins. The treatment is at a level accessible to undergraduate students. Important topics include pattern formation and properties and applications of neural networks.
Subjects: Ecology, Computer science, Geology, Optical pattern recognition, Economics, Physics, System theory, Self-organizing systems, Chaotic behavior in systems, Pattern perception, Mathematical and Computational Physics Theoretical, Processor Architectures