Hypernetworks in the science of complex systems /

Hypernetworks in the science of complex systems /

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Author / Creator:	Johnson, J. (Jeffrey), author.
Imprint:	London : Imperial College Press, [2013] ©2013
Description:	1 online resource (xviii, 330 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	Series on complexity science ; vol. 3 World Scientific series on complexity science ; v. 3.
Subject:	System theory. Computational complexity. Computational complexity. System theory. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11218735

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ISBN:	9781783264438 1783264438 9781306396448 1306396441 9781860949739 1860949738 9781860949722 186094972X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	The modern world is complex beyond human understanding and control. The science of complex systems aims to find new ways of thinking about the many interconnected networks of interaction that defy traditional approaches. Thus far, research into networks has largely been restricted to pairwise relationships represented by links between two nodes. This volume marks a major extension of networks to multidimensional hypernetworks for modeling multi-element relationships, such as companies making up the stock market, the neighborhoods forming a city, people making up committees, divisions making up companies, computers making up the internet, men and machines making up armies, or robots working as teams. This volume makes an important contribution to the science of complex systems by: (i) extending network theory to include dynamic relationships between many elements; (ii) providing a mathematical theory able to integrate multilevel dynamics in a coherent way; (iii) providing a new methodological approach to analyze complex systems; and (iv) illustrating the theory with practical examples in the design, management and control of complex systems taken from many areas of application.
Other form:	Print version: Johnson, J. (Jeffrey). Hypernetworks in the science of complex systems. London ; Hackensack : Imperial College Press, [2013] 186094972X

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Sets and relations
3. Hypergraphs and the Galois lattice
4. Simplicial complexes and Q-analysis
5. Backcloth and traffic: dynamics constrained by topology
6. Hypernetworks
7. Multilevel systems
8. Time, events, prediction and forecasting
9. Hypernetworks and design
10. Policy, design, planning and science
11. Notes and reflections.