Complex and Adaptive Dynamical Systems: A Primer

by Claudius Gros

Helping us understand our complex world, this book presents key findings in quantitative complex system science. Its approach is modular and phenomenology driven. Examples of phenomena treated in the book include the small world phenomenon in social and scale-free networks; life at the edge of chaos; the concept of living dynamical systems; and emotional diffusive control within cognitive system theory. Each chapter includes exercises to test your grasp of new material. Written at an introductory level, the author provides an accessible entry for graduate students in physics, mathematics, and theoretical computer science.

250 pages, Paperback

First published February 25, 2007

Reviews

[Øivind Schøyen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book and it is a very fascinating read. I did not do exercises, it would be fun to follow Prof. Gros course on the topic and really dive into this material . See: https://itp.uni-frankfurt.de/~gros/Vo... I hope to return to this book in the future to gain a more applied understanding than my current one.

[Amir · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is fantastic! One of the best books I have read.
I suggest you to read it, if you wan’t to know about complexity, chaos, criticality and self organized criticality, graph theory and most of the things which may be interesting to you.

[DJ]

potentially good intro to complex systems