In June of 2002, over 500 professors, students and researchers met in Boston, Massachusetts for the Fourth International Conference on Complex Systems. The attendees represented a remarkably diverse collection of fields: biology, ecology, physics, engineering, computer science, economics, psychology and sociology, The goal of the conference was to encourage cross-fertilization between the many disciplines represented and to deepen understanding of the properties common to all complex systems. This volume contains 43 papers selected from the more than 200 presented at the conference. Topics include: cellular automata, neurology, evolution, computer science, network dynamics, and urban planning. About NECSI: For over 10 years, The New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI) has been instrumental in the development of complex systems science and its applications. NECSI conducts research, education, knowledge dissemination, and community development around the world for the promotion of the study of complex systems and its application for the betterment of society. NECSI hosts the International Conference on Complex Systems and publishes the NECSI Book Series in conjunction with Springer Publishers. ALI MINAI is an Affiliate of the New England Complex Systems Institute and an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Cincinnati. YANEER BAR-YAM is President and founder of the New England Complex Systems Institute. He is the author of Dynamics of Complex Systems and Making Things Work: Solving Complex Problems in a Complex World.
Author(s): Ali Minai
Edition: 1
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 390
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CONTENTS......Page 8
Introduction......Page 11
Organization and Program......Page 12
NECSI Publications......Page 31
PART I: Methods......Page 32
A Complex Systems Perspective on Collaborative Design......Page 33
RAn (Robustness Analyser)......Page 42
Invariant Subsets of the Search Space and Universality of a Generalized Genetic Algorithm......Page 50
PART II: Models......Page 59
Cell-like Space Charge Configurations Formed by Self-Organization in Laboratory......Page 60
Local Complexity and Global Nonlinear Modes in Large Arrays of Elastic Rods in an Air Cross-Flow......Page 68
Self-organization in Navier-Stokes turbulence......Page 80
The Game (Introduction to Digital Physics)......Page 88
Epsilon-Pseudo-Orbits and Applications......Page 94
On the "Mystery" of the Differential Negative Resistance......Page 101
Dissipative Structures and the Origins of Life......Page 109
Reverse Engineering Neurological Diseases......Page 117
A Multi-Level Synthesis of Dyslexia......Page 129
Emergent Computation in CA: A Matter of Visual Efficiency?......Page 142
Emergent Probability: A Directed Scale-Free Network Approach to Lonergan's Generic Model of Development......Page 152
Virtual Stability: A Principle of Complex Systems......Page 162
Fungal Colony Patterning as an Example of Biological Self-Organization......Page 168
Production-rule Complexity of Recursive Structures......Page 178
Iterons: the Emergent Coherent Structures of lAMs......Page 187
Criticality of the Brain and Criticality of the Art......Page 197
The Visual Complexity of Pollock's Dripped Fractals......Page 204
Emergent Patterns in Dance Improvisation and Choreography......Page 212
A Stochastic Dynamics for the Popularity of Websites......Page 225
Design Patterns for the Generation and the Analysis of Chemical Reaction Networks......Page 234
On the Adaptive Value of Sex......Page 242
Optimal Sampling for Complexity In Soil Ecosystems......Page 251
Predator-Prey Dynamics for Rabbits, Trees, and Romance......Page 260
The Evolution of an Ecosystem: Pleistocene Extinctions......Page 268
The Accuracy of Auto-Adaptive Models for Estimating Romanian Firms' Cost of Equity......Page 276
Self-Organizing Geography: Scaled Objects and Regional Planning in the U.S.......Page 284
City of Slums: Self-Organisation Across Scales......Page 294
PART III: Applications......Page 303
Programmable Pattern-Formation and Scale-Independence......Page 304
Amorphous Predictive Nets......Page 312
Multidimensional Network Monitoring for Intrusion Detection......Page 320
Co-operative Agents in Network Defence......Page 332
An Algorithm for Bootstrapping Communications......Page 340
Self-Organization of Connectivity and Geographical Routing in Large-Scale Sensor Networks......Page 361
Intelligent Broadcast in Random Large-Scale Sensor Networks......Page 350
Managed Complexity in An Agent-based Vent Fan Control System Based on Dynamic Re-configuration......Page 374
Neural Net Model for Featured Word Extraction......Page 382
The Distribution of Agents to Resources in a Networked Multi-player Environment......Page 391
Customer Relationship Management in Banking Sector and A Model Design for Banking Performance Enhancement......Page 399
How Complex Systems Studies Could Help in Identification of Threats of Terrorism?......Page 408
Index of authors......Page 419
