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Unifying Themes in Complex Systems VII

Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Complex Systems

  • Unifying Themes in Complex Systems is a well established series of carefully edited conference proceedings that serve the purpose of documenting and archiving the progress of cross-fertilization in this field.

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Table of contents (26 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages N1-x
  2. Multi-level behaviours in agent-based simulation: colonic crypt cell populations

    • Chih-Chun Chen, Sylvia B. Nagl, Christopher D. Clack
    Pages 14-26
  3. Virtual Spring-Based 3D Multi-Agent Group Coordination

    • Roozbeh Daneshvar, Liwen Shih
    Pages 36-43
  4. Evolutionary Perspective on Collective Decision Making

    • Dene Farrell, Hiroki Sayama, Shelley D. Dionne, Francis J. Yammarino, David Sloan Wilson
    Pages 75-84
  5. Disrupting Terrorist Networks — A Dynamic Fitness Landscape Approach

    • Philip V. Fellman, Jonathan P. Clemens, Roxana Wright, Jonathan Vos Post, Matthew Dadmun
    Pages 85-99
  6. The World as Evolving Information

    • Carlos Gershenson
    Pages 100-115
  7. Life at the “edge of chaos” in a genetic model

    • Y. Grondin, D. J. Raine, V. Norris
    Pages 124-131
  8. The Effects of Complexity on the Product-Service Shift

    • Ella-Mae Molloy, Carys Siemieniuch, Murray Sinclair
    Pages 132-139
  9. Rapid Software Evolution

    • Borislav Iordanov
    Pages 140-148
  10. Structural Changes and Adaptation of Algal Population under Different Regimens of Toxic Exposure

    • Valentina Ipatova, Valeria Prokhotskaya, Aida Dmitrieva
    Pages 149-156
  11. Modularity and Self-Organized Functional Architectures in the Brain

    • Laxmi Iyer, Ali A. Minai, Simona Doboli, Vincent R. Brown
    Pages 157-171
  12. An Introduction to Complex-System Engineering

    • Michael L. Kuras
    Pages 172-187
  13. Statistical properties of agent-based market area model

    • Zoltán Kuscsik, Denis Horváth
    Pages 188-194

About this book

The International Conference on Complex Systems (ICCS) creates a unique atmosphere for scientists of all fields, engineers, physicians, executives, and a host of other professionals to explore common themes and applications of complex system science. With this new volume, Unifying Themes in Complex Systems continues to build common ground between the wide-ranging domains of complex system science.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Computer Science, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, USA

    Ali A. Minai

  • New England Complex Systems Institute, Cambridge, USA

    Dan Braha, Yaneer Bar-Yam

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Unifying Themes in Complex Systems VII

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Complex Systems

  • Editors: Ali A. Minai, Dan Braha, Yaneer Bar-Yam

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18003-3

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-18002-6Published: 06 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-18003-3Published: 22 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 302

  • Number of Illustrations: 83 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Complex Systems, Complexity, Artificial Intelligence, Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems

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