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020			_a9783540330219 _chbk
082			_a003.7 _bHAK
100			_aHaken, Hermann
245		0	_aInformation and self-organization : a macroscopic approach to complex systems
250			_a3rd ed.
260			_aBerlin: _bSpringer, _c2006
300			_axiv, 257 p.; _bill: _c24 cm.
365			_aINR _b4988.88
490			_aSpringer series in synergetics, 0172-7389
520			_aThis book presents the concepts needed to deal with self-organizing complex systems from a unifying point of view that uses macroscopic data. The various meanings of the concept "information" are discussed and a general formulation of the maximum information (entropy) principle is used. With the aid of results from synergetics, adequate objective constraints for a large class of self-organizing systems are formulated and examples are given from physics, life and computer science. The relationship to chaos theory is examined and it is further shown that, based on possibly scarce and noisy data, unbiased guesses about processes of complex systems can be made and the underlying deterministic and random forces determined. This allows for probabilistic predictions of processes, with applications to numerous fields in science, technology, medicine and economics. The extensions of the third edition are essentially devoted to an introduction to the meaning of information in the quantum context. Indeed, quantum information science and technology is presently one of the most active fields of research at the interface of physics, technology and information sciences and has already established itself as one of the major future technologies for processing and communicating information on any scale. This book addresses graduate students and nonspecialist researchers wishing to get acquainted with the concept of information from a scientific perspective in more depth. It is suitable as a textbook for advanced courses or for self-study.
650			_aEntropy (Information theory)
650			_aQuantum systems
650			_aSelf-organizing systems
650			_aData Structures
650			_aCryptology
650			_aInformation Theory
650			_aQuantum Computing
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