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- catalog abstract "Foundations of Complex-system Theories analyzes and compares, for the first time, the key ideas and general methods used in studying complexity in the physical, biological, and social sciences. It highlights the features common to the three areas, clarifies conceptual confusions, and provides a nontechnical introduction to the way we understand and deal with complexity. This detailed yet nontechnical book will appeal to anyone who wants to know more about complex systems. It will also be of great interest to philosophers engaged in scientific methodology and specialists studying complexity in the physical, biological, and social sciences.".
- catalog contributor b10752115.
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description "1. Introduction -- pt. I. Equilibrium. 2. Theories of Composite Systems. 3. Individuals: Constituents and Systems. 4. Situated Individuals and the Situation. 5. Interacting Individuals and Collective Phenomena. 6. Composite Individuals and Emergent Characters -- pt. II. Dynamics. 7. The Temporality of Dynamic Systems. 8. Complexity in the Temporal Dimension. 9. Stochastic Processes and Their Explanations. 10. Directionality, History, Expectation. 11. Epilogue.".
- catalog description "Foundations of Complex-system Theories analyzes and compares, for the first time, the key ideas and general methods used in studying complexity in the physical, biological, and social sciences. It highlights the features common to the three areas, clarifies conceptual confusions, and provides a nontechnical introduction to the way we understand and deal with complexity. This detailed yet nontechnical book will appeal to anyone who wants to know more about complex systems. It will also be of great interest to philosophers engaged in scientific methodology and specialists studying complexity in the physical, biological, and social sciences.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and indexes.".
- catalog extent "xii, 404 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521621674 (cloth)".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog subject "003/.7 21".
- catalog subject "Biological systems.".
- catalog subject "Economics.".
- catalog subject "Q295 .A95 1998".
- catalog subject "Statistical physics.".
- catalog subject "System theory.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction -- pt. I. Equilibrium. 2. Theories of Composite Systems. 3. Individuals: Constituents and Systems. 4. Situated Individuals and the Situation. 5. Interacting Individuals and Collective Phenomena. 6. Composite Individuals and Emergent Characters -- pt. II. Dynamics. 7. The Temporality of Dynamic Systems. 8. Complexity in the Temporal Dimension. 9. Stochastic Processes and Their Explanations. 10. Directionality, History, Expectation. 11. Epilogue.".
- catalog title "Foundations of complex-system theories : in economics, evolutionary biology, and statistical physics / Sunny Y. Auyang.".
- catalog type "text".