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100 1 _aMitchell, Melanie
245 1 0 _aComplexity :
_ba guided tour
_cMelanie Mitchell
260 _aNew Delhi :
_bOxford University Press,
_c©2009.
300 _axvi, 349 p. :
_bill., map ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [326]-336) and index.
505 0 _aBackground 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.
650 0 _aComplexity (Philosophy)
856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
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856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
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