Although it is arguable that humans have been studying complex systems for thousands of years, the modern scientific study of complex systems is relatively young in comparison to established fields of science such as physics and chemistry.
雖然人類已研究複雜系統有數千年之說是有爭議，但是與現已建立的物理和化學等科學領域相比，複雜系統的現代科學研究仍相當年輕。