Author:
Mitchell, Melanie.
Imprint:Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Descriptionxvi, 349 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Note: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.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [326]-336) and index.
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