Measures of Complexity

Angelo Vulpiani

ISBN 10: 366213683X / ISBN 13: 9783662136836

Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg Nov 2013, 2013

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -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. 160 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Measures of Complexity
• Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Nov 2013
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 366213683X
• ISBN 13: 9783662136836
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 9D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 9 millimeters depth
• Weight: 254 grams

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Synopsis

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.