Search results for ""Author Ricard Solé""
Tusquets Editores Redes complejas del genoma a Internet
Este libro presenta a un público general los descubrimientos más recientes en el área emergente de las redes complejas, que, más allá del dominio de la ciencia, ya han comenzado a influir en los terrenos de la lingüística, las ciencias sociales e incluso el desarrollo de la tecnología.En los últimos años se ha producido una revolución en el estudio de los sistemas complejos, a la vez que asistimos al surgimiento de una nueva cartografía de la complejidad. Junto a un conjunto de datos sin precedentes acerca de las interacciones en el genoma o Internet, hemos contemplado el descubrimiento de ciertas propiedades universales que subyacen a la totalidad de las redes complejas, tanto naturales como artificiales. Esta nueva cartografía permite comprender la naturaleza de lo complejo y sus orígenes. Descubrimos así genomas, ecosistemas o redes eléctricas que muestran una enorme fragilidad junto a una gran plasticidad y eficiencia. El cáncer o Internet aparecen conectados como sistemas en lo
£17.30
Princeton University Press Phase Transitions
Phase transitions--changes between different states of organization in a complex system--have long helped to explain physics concepts, such as why water freezes into a solid or boils to become a gas. How might phase transitions shed light on important problems in biological and ecological complex systems? Exploring the origins and implications of sudden changes in nature and society, Phase Transitions examines different dynamical behaviors in a broad range of complex systems. Using a compelling set of examples, from gene networks and ant colonies to human language and the degradation of diverse ecosystems, the book illustrates the power of simple models to reveal how phase transitions occur. Introductory chapters provide the critical concepts and the simplest mathematical techniques required to study phase transitions. In a series of example-driven chapters, Ricard Sole shows how such concepts and techniques can be applied to the analysis and prediction of complex system behavior, including the origins of life, viral replication, epidemics, language evolution, and the emergence and breakdown of societies. Written at an undergraduate mathematical level, this book provides the essential theoretical tools and foundations required to develop basic models to explain collective phase transitions for a wide variety of ecosystems.
£34.20
Princeton University Press Viruses as Complex Adaptive Systems
How complex systems theory sheds new light on the adaptive dynamics of viral populationsViruses are everywhere, infecting all sorts of living organisms, from the tiniest bacteria to the largest mammals. Many are harmful parasites, but viruses also play a major role as drivers of our evolution as a species and are essential regulators of the composition and complexity of ecosystems on a global scale. This concise book draws on complex systems theory to provide a fresh look at viral origins, populations, and evolution, and the coevolutionary dynamics of viruses and their hosts.New viruses continue to emerge that threaten people, crops, and farm animals. Viruses constantly evade our immune systems, and antiviral therapies and vaccination campaigns can be powerless against them. These unique characteristics of virus biology are a consequence of their tremendous evolutionary potential, which enables viruses to quickly adapt to any environmental challenge. Ricard Solé and Santiago Elena present a unified framework for understanding viruses as complex adaptive systems. They show how the application of complex systems theory to viral dynamics has provided new insights into the development of AIDS in patients infected with HIV-1, the emergence of new antigenic variants of the influenza A virus, and other cutting-edge advances.Essential reading for biologists, physicists, and mathematicians interested in complexity, Viruses as Complex Adaptive Systems also extends the analogy of viruses to the evolution of other replicators such as computer viruses, cancer, and languages.
£30.00
