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Why We Live in Hierarchies?

A Quantitative Treatise

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  • © 2018

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Authors:
  1. Anna Zafeiris

    1. Department of Biological Physics, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

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  2. Tamás Vicsek

    1. Department of Biological Physics, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

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  • A quantitative approach to hierarchy
  • Written by leading experts on complex systems
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Complexity (BRIEFSCOMPLEXITY)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Anna Zafeiris, Tamás Vicsek
    Pages 1-9

  3. Definitions and Basic Concepts

    • Anna Zafeiris, Tamás Vicsek
    Pages 11-40

  4. Observations and Measurements

    • Anna Zafeiris, Tamás Vicsek
    Pages 41-78

  5. Experiments on the Emergence and Function

    • Anna Zafeiris, Tamás Vicsek
    Pages 79-87

  6. Modelling Emergence and Control

    • Anna Zafeiris, Tamás Vicsek
    Pages 89-105

  7. Conclusions

    • Anna Zafeiris, Tamás Vicsek
    Pages 107-110

  8. Erratum to: Why We Live in Hierarchies?

    • Anna Zafeiris, Tamás Vicsek
    Pages E1-E1
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This book systematically interprets and documents new, unifying principles and basic laws describing the most relevant aspects of hierarchy. To do so, it discusses recent experiments and models that are simple and realistic enough to reproduce the observations, and develops concepts for a better understanding of the complexity of systems consisting of many organisms. The book covers systems ranging from flocks of birds to groups of people.
 
Although it focuses on hierarchical collective behavior in general, two aspects pop up in the majority of cases: collective motion and dynamically changing, partially directed networks (and the natural relation between the two). In addition, it offers a brief description of the most relevant definitions and concepts involved in the context of hierarchies, presenting both a review of the current literature and a number of new experimental and computational results in more detail. It is a valuable resource for students and scholars pursuing research on the structure of interactions within the collectives of animals and humans.


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  • Department of Biological Physics, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

    Anna Zafeiris, Tamás Vicsek

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