Complexity is a puzzling and important concept in contemporary research in many disciplines. This book addresses the problem of defining complexity by carefully analysing in what sense complexity means measure in such areas as the theory of dynamical systems, condensed matter physics, ecology, immunology and the theory of neural networks. The information content of complexity is studied and similarities and differences in the various concepts of complexity are highlighted, sometimes provocatively. The book could open the way to finding a paradigm of complexity, and should become a standard reference for a wide audience of researchers in the physical and biological sciences.

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Book Title: Measures of Complexity
Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the Conference, Held in Rome September 30–October 2, 1987
Editors: L. Peliti, A. Vulpiani
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-50316-1
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1988
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-13683-6Published: 20 November 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-45968-2Published: 30 June 2005
Series ISSN: 0075-8450
Series E-ISSN: 1616-6361
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 151
Topics: Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics
Industry Sectors: Aerospace, Electronics, Energy, Utilities & Environment, IT & Software

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