Complexity :
Mitchell, Melanie
Complexity : a guided tour Melanie Mitchell - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, ©2009. - xvi, 349 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [326]-336) and index.
Background and history. What is complexity? ; dynamics, chaos, and prediction ; Information ; Computation ; Evolution ; Genetics, simplified ; Defining and measuring complexity -- Life and evolution in computers. Self-reproducing computer programs ; Genetic algorithms -- Computation writ large. Cellular automata, life, and the universe ; Computing with particles ; Information processing in living systems ; How to make analogies (if you are a computer) ; Prospects of computer modeling -- Network thinking. The science of networks ; Applying network science to real-world networks ; The mystery of scaling ; Evolution, complexified -- Conclusion. The past and future of the sciences of complexity.
9780199472130
2008023794
GBA905832 bnb
014883204 Uk
Complexity (Philosophy)
Q175.32.C65 / M58 2009
501 / MIT-C
Complexity : a guided tour Melanie Mitchell - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, ©2009. - xvi, 349 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [326]-336) and index.
Background and history. What is complexity? ; dynamics, chaos, and prediction ; Information ; Computation ; Evolution ; Genetics, simplified ; Defining and measuring complexity -- Life and evolution in computers. Self-reproducing computer programs ; Genetic algorithms -- Computation writ large. Cellular automata, life, and the universe ; Computing with particles ; Information processing in living systems ; How to make analogies (if you are a computer) ; Prospects of computer modeling -- Network thinking. The science of networks ; Applying network science to real-world networks ; The mystery of scaling ; Evolution, complexified -- Conclusion. The past and future of the sciences of complexity.
9780199472130
2008023794
GBA905832 bnb
014883204 Uk
Complexity (Philosophy)
Q175.32.C65 / M58 2009
501 / MIT-C