What Is a Complex System? - Couverture souple

Ladyman, James; Wiesner, Karoline

 
9780300251104: What Is a Complex System?
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0300251106 ISBN 13 : 9780300251104
Editeur : Yale University Press, 2020

Synopsis

A clear, concise introduction to the quickly growing field of complexity science that explains its conceptual and mathematical foundations

What is a complex system? Although "complexity science" is used to understand phenomena as diverse as the behavior of honeybees, the economic markets, the human brain, and the climate, there is no agreement about its foundations. In this introduction for students, academics, and general readers, philosopher of science James Ladyman and physicist Karoline Wiesner develop an account of complexity that brings the different concepts and mathematical measures applied to complex systems into a single framework. They introduce the different features of complex systems, discuss different conceptions of complexity, and develop their own account. They explain why complexity science is so important in today's world.

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À propos de l?auteur

James Ladyman is professor of philosophy at the University of Bristol and works mainly in the philosophy of science. Karoline Wiesner is associate professor of mathematics at the University of Bristol and uses information theory to understand complex systems.

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Éditeur
Yale University Press
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0300251106
ISBN 13 
9780300251104
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
184
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