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How Nature Works

Complexity in Interdisciplinary Research and Applications

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Ivan Zelinka

    1. Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and, VŠB-TUO, Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic

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  2. Ali Sanayei

    1. , Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

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  3. Hector Zenil

    1. Kroto Research Institute, Department of Computer Science, The University of Sheffield, Portobello, United Kingdom

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  4. Otto E. Rössler

    1. , Institute for Physical and, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

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  • Recent research in Complexity in Interdisciplinary Research and Applications
  • Edited outcome of the 2013 Interdisciplinary Symposium on Complex Systems held at Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic September 10 - 13, 2013
  • Written by experts in the field
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Emergence, Complexity and Computation (ECC, volume 5)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Complexity Decomplexified: A List of 200+ Results Encountered Over 55 Years

    • Otto E. Rössler
    Pages 1-17

  3. The Cause of Complexity in Nature: An Analytical and Computational Approach

    • Klaus Mainzer
    Pages 19-49

  4. Complexity Fits the Fittest

    • Joost J. Joosten
    Pages 51-63

  5. Rugged Landscapes and Timescale Distributions in Complex Systems

    • D. L. Stein, C. M. Newman
    Pages 65-79

  6. Structural Complexity of Vortex Flows by Diagram Analysis and Knot Polynomials

    • Renzo L. Ricca
    Pages 81-100

  7. Two Conceptual Models for Aspects of Complex Systems Behavior

    • Burton Voorhees
    Pages 101-130

  8. Toward a Computational Model of Complex Human Systems Dynamics

    • Glenda H. Eoyang
    Pages 131-159

  9. Stochastic Complexity Analysis in Synthetic Biology

    • Natalja Strelkowa
    Pages 161-194

  10. Automatic Computation of Crossing Point Numbers Within Orthogonal Interpolation Line-Graphs

    • Victor J. Law, Feidhlim T. O’Neill, Denis P. Dowling
    Pages 195-216

  11. Computational Tactic to Retrieve a Complex Seismic Structure of the Hydrocarbon Model

    • Tatyana A. Smaglichenko, Maria K. Sayankina, Alexander V. Smaglichenko
    Pages 217-235

  12. Controlling Complexity

    • Ivan Zelinka, Petr Saloun, Roman Senkerik, Michal Pavelch
    Pages 237-276

  13. Influence of Chaotic Dynamics on the Performance of Differential Evolution Algorithm

    • Roman Senkerik, Donald Davendra, Ivan Zelinka, Zuzana Oplatkova
    Pages 277-290
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About this book

This book is based on the outcome of the “2012 Interdisciplinary Symposium on Complex Systems” held at the island of Kos.  The book consists of 12 selected papers of the symposium starting with a comprehensive overview and classification of complexity problems, continuing by chapters about complexity, its observation, modeling and its applications to solving various problems including real-life applications. More exactly, readers will have an encounter with the structural complexity of vortex flows, the use of chaotic dynamics within evolutionary algorithms, complexity in synthetic biology, types of complexity hidden inside evolutionary dynamics and possible controlling methods, complexity of rugged landscapes, and more. All selected papers represent innovative ideas, philosophical overviews and state-of-the-art discussions on aspects of complexity. 

The book will be useful as instructional material for senior undergraduate and entry-level graduate students in computer science, physics, applied mathematics and engineering-type work in the area of complexity. The book will also be valuable as a resource of knowledge for practitioners who want to apply complexity to solve real-life problems in their own challenging applications. The authors and editors hope that readers will be inspired to do their own experiments and simulations, based on information reported in this book, thereby moving beyond the scope of the book.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and, VŠB-TUO, Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic

    Ivan Zelinka

  • , Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

    Ali Sanayei

  • Kroto Research Institute, Department of Computer Science, The University of Sheffield, Portobello, United Kingdom

    Hector Zenil

  • , Institute for Physical and, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

    Otto E. Rössler

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: How Nature Works

  • Book Subtitle: Complexity in Interdisciplinary Research and Applications

  • Editors: Ivan Zelinka, Ali Sanayei, Hector Zenil, Otto E. Rössler

  • Series Title: Emergence, Complexity and Computation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00254-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-00253-8Published: 30 July 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-03300-6Published: 08 August 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-00254-5Published: 18 July 2013

  • Series ISSN: 2194-7287

  • Series E-ISSN: 2194-7295

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 290

  • Topics: Complexity, Applications of Graph Theory and Complex Networks

  • Industry Sectors: Aerospace

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