Dynamics of Macrosystems: Proceedings of a Workshop on the Dynamics of Macrosystems Held at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria, September 3-7, 1984

by Jean-Pierre Aubin (Editor)

Dynamics of the Central Nervous System.- Neural Between Determinism and Randomness.- On Solitary Waves in Biology.- Persistence in Systems with Diffusion.- Thermodynamics of the Volterra Model.- On Optimization Principles in Plant Ecology.- Dynamical Models in Quantitative Genetics.- Gradients Versus Cycling in Genetic Selection Models.- Evolution of Asymmetry in Sexual Reproduction.- Random Behavior in Numerical Analysis, Decision Theory, and Dynamics of Neumann-type Economic Macrosystems.- An Introduction to Viability Theory.- Heavy Viable Trajectories of Controlled Systems.- Semilinear Parabolic Equations with Infinite Delay.- A Stochastic Migration Model and its Application to Canadian Data.- Statistical Methods for the Analysis of Disease Processes.- Dynamics in Hierarchically Organized Systems.- Dynamics of Interactive Macrosystems.- Macromodels and Dynamical Systems.- The Interface Between Chemistry and Biology - Laws Determining Regularities in Early Evolution.- The Evolution of Self-Organizing Systems.- A Coevolutionary Circuit Model for Cultural and Biological Evolution.

294 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1985