Introduction to Complex Systems : Society, Ecology, and Nonlinear Dynamics, H...

by Paul Fieguth

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Introduction to Complex Systems : Society, Ecology, and Nonlinear Dynamics, Hardcover by Fieguth, Paul, ISBN 3030631672, ISBN-13 9783030631673, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Complex Systems lie at the heart of a variety of large-scale phenomena of great significance - global warming, ice ages, water, poverty, pandemics - and this text uses these case studies as motivations and contexts to explore complex systems and related topics of nonlinear dynamics and power-law statistics. Although detailed mathematical descriptions of these topics can be challenging, the consequences of a system being nonlinear, power-law, or complex are in fact quite accessible. This book blends a tutorial approach to the mathematical aspects of complex systems together with a complementary narrative on the global/ecological/societal implications of such systems. Nearly all engineering undergraduate courses focus on mathematics and systems which are small scale, linear, and Gaussian. Unfortunately there is not a single large-scale ecological or social phenomenon that is scalar, linear, and Gaussian. This book offers insights to better understand the large-scale problems facing the world and to realize that these cannot be solved by a single, narrow academic field or perspective. Instead, th seeks to emphasize understanding, concepts, and ideas, in a way that is mathematically rigorous, so that the concepts do not feel vague, but not so technical that the mathematics get in the way. Th is inten

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing A&G
• Year: 2021
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9783030631673
• Condition: Fine

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