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511.352 FOR Golden ticket : P, NP, and the search for the impossible | 511.352 GOL Computational complexity : a conceptual perspective | 511.352 KOZ Theory of computation | 511.352 LAD What is a complex system? | 511.352 LEE Nonlinear dimensionality reduction | 511.352 MIK Computational complexity of counting and sampling | 511.352 MOO Nature of computation |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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