Synopsis Based on a series of the authors' lectures at the Santa Fe Institute, this book explains how scientists who study the new field of complexity are convinced that certain constant processes are at work in all kinds of unrelated complex systems. This title puts some of the hottest issues in contemporary science into a fascinating context for the general reader.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1996-09-02 |
| Size | | Height: | 8.3 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 0.5 in | | Weight: | 8.8 oz |
Industry Reviews Holland, known for his pioneering efforts in genetic algorithms and the new science of complexity, outlines some principles and demonstrates some procedures and approaches of his recent work in the emerging field of complex adaptive systems, which may someday help model and explain biological, social, environmental, and other systems that change. The text was presented as a lecture series at the Santa Fe Institute in early 1994, and is the first of a series of volumes from the annual lectures. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. SciTech Book News
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