{"product_id":"complexity-a-guided-tour-c-9780195124415","title":"Complexity a Guided Tour C","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book provides an intimate, highly readable tour of the sciences of complexity, which seek to explain how large-scale complex, organized, and adaptive behavior can emerge from simple interactions among myriad individuals. The author, a leading complex systems scientist, describes the history of ideas, current research, and future prospects in this vital scientific effort.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe captures the excitement of research. * Ian D. Couzin, Science *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  Acknowledgments  Part I: Background and History Chapter 1: What is Complexity?  Chapter 2: Dynamics, Chaos, and Prediction  Chapter 3: Information  Chapter 4: Computation  Chapter 5: Evolution  Chapter 6: Genetics, Simplified  Chapter 7: Defining and Measuring Complexity  Part II: Life and Evolution in Computers Chapter 8: Self-Reproducing Programs  Chapter 9: Genetic Algorithms  Part III: Computation Writ Large Chapter 10: Cellular Automata, Life, and the Universe  Chapter 11: Computing with Particles Chapter 12: Information Processing in Living Systems  Chapter 13: How to Make Analogies (If You Are A Computer) Chapter 14: Prospects of Computer Modeling  Part IV: Network Thinking Chapter 15: The Science of Networks  Chapter 16: Applying Network Science to Real-World Networks  Chapter 17: The Mystery of Scaling  Chapter 18: Evolution, Complexified  Part V: Conclusion Chapter 19: The Past and Future of the Sciences of Complexity  Notes Bibliography Index","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864209764695,"sku":"9780195124415","price":25.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/complexity-a-guided-tour-c-9780195124415","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}