Primers in Complex Systems7

The Primers in Complex Systems series provides accessible, high-quality introductions to fundamental topics in complex systems for students and researchers in the natural and social sciences. Despite the considerable interest and efforts devoted to complex systems, there is a remarkable lack of accessible introductory material focused on fundamental topics, and this series aims to bridge that gap. The series spans a variety of disciplines with the goal of bringing together insights from mathematics and other fields, including the natural and social sciences.

  • Chaos and Dynamical Systems Chaos and Dynamical Systems David P. Feldman

    Chaos and Dynamical Systems presents an accessible, clear introduction to dynamical systems and chaos theory, important and exciting areas that have shaped many scientific fields. While the rules governing dynamical systems are...
  • Viruses as Complex Adaptive Systems Viruses as Complex Adaptive Systems Ricard Solé and Santiago F. Elena

    Viruses 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...
  • Natural Complexity Natural Complexity: A Modeling Handbook Paul Charbonneau

    This book provides a short, hands-on introduction to the science of complexity using simple computational models of natural complex systems—with models and exercises drawn from physics, chemistry, geology, and biology. By working...
  • Spin Glasses and Complexity Spin Glasses and Complexity Daniel L. Stein and Charles M. Newman

    Spin glasses are disordered magnetic systems that have led to the development of mathematical tools with an array of real-world applications, from airline scheduling to neural networks. Spin Glasses and Complexity offers the most...
  • Phase Transitions Phase Transitions Ricard Solé

    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...
  • Diversity and Complexity Diversity and Complexity Scott E. Page

    This book provides an introduction to the role of diversity in complex adaptive systems. A complex system--such as an economy or a tropical ecosystem--consists of interacting adaptive entities that produce dynamic patterns and...
  • Ant Encounters Ant Encounters: Interaction Networks and Colony Behavior Deborah M. Gordon

    How do ant colonies get anything done, when no one is in charge? An ant colony operates without a central control or hierarchy, and no ant directs another. Instead, ants decide what to do based on the rate, rhythm, and pattern of...