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Catastrophes in Nature and Society: Mathematical Modeling of Complex Systems - Couverture rigide

Khlebopros, Rem G; Okhonin, Victor A; Fet, Abram I

 
9789812569172: Catastrophes in Nature and Society: Mathematical Modeling of Complex Systems
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 9812569170 ISBN 13 : 9789812569172
Editeur : World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, 2007

Synopsis

Many people are concerned about crises leading to disasters in nature, in social and economic life. The book offers a popular account of the causative mechanisms of critical states and breakdown in a broad range of natural and cultural systems -- which obey the same laws -- and thus makes the reader aware of the origin of catastrophic events and the ways to avoid and mitigate their negative consequences. The authors apply a single mathematical approach to investigate the revolt of cancer cells that destroy living organisms and population outbreaks that upset natural ecosystems, the balance between biosphere and global climate interfered lately by industry, the driving mechanisms of market and related economic and social phenomena, as well as the electoral system the proper use of which is an arduous accomplishment of democracy.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Many people are concerned about crises leading to disasters in nature, in social and economic life. The book offers a popular account of the causative mechanisms of critical states and breakdown in a broad range of natural and cultural systems - which obey the same laws - and thus makes the reader aware of the origin of catastrophic events and the ways to avoid and mitigate their negative consequences. The authors apply a single mathematical approach to investigate the revolt of cancer cells that destroy living organisms and population outbreaks that upset natural ecosystems, the balance between biosphere and global climate interfered lately by industry, the driving mechanisms of market and related economic and social phenomena, as well as the electoral system the proper use of which is an arduous accomplishment of democracy.

Revue de presse

"The book makes people aware of the pending emergencies and helps them join the constructive process of monitoring the history." Igor Vorontsov Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow --Igor Vorontsov Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Catastrophes similar to those treated in this book are familiar to physicists as phase transitions in nonliving materials. Krasnoyarsk scientists ventured to explain and predict phase change in biological and social processes using their experience of studying complex systems in physics. --Victor Bar'yahtar

The book offers a new interpretation of economic crises prompted by comparison with population outbreaks. This is not a mere analogy but rather a modeling method to be used in planning and running industrial enterprises and solving environmental problems. --Professor Dmitry Krass

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Éditeur
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9812569170
ISBN 13 
9789812569172
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
336
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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