Erdi, Peter.

Complexity explained / Peter Erdi. - Berlin : Springer, c2008. - xv, 397 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Springer complexity .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-391) and index.

Complex systems : the intellectual landscape -- History of complex systems research -- From the clockwork world view to irreversibility (and back?) -- The dynamic world view in action -- The search for laws : deductive versus inductive -- Statistical laws : from symmetric to asymmetric -- Simple and complex structures : between order and randomness -- Complexity of the brain : structure, function and dynamics -- From models to decision making -- How many cultures we have?

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Complexity (Philosophy)
System theory.
Computational complexity.

B 105 / E66c 2008