Complexity : a guided tour /

Complexity : a guided tour /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Mitchell, Melanie.
Imprint:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Description:	xvi, 349 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Complexity (Philosophy) Complexity (Philosophy)
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7681052

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ISBN:	9780195124415 (cloth : alk. paper) 0195124413 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [326]-336) and index.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Acknowledgments
Part 1. Background and History
Chapter 1. What Is Complexity?
Chapter 2. Dynamics, Chaos, and Prediction
Chapter 3. Information
Chapter 4. Computation
Chapter 5. Evolution
Chapter 6. Genetics, Simplified
Chapter 7. Defining and Measuring Complexity
Part 2. Life and Evolution in Computers
Chapter 8. Self-Reproducing Computer Programs
Chapter 9. Genetic Algorithms
Part 3. Computation Writ Large
Chapter 10. Cellular Automata, Life, and the Universe
Chapter 11. Computing with Particles
Chapter 12. Information Processing in Living Systems
Chapter 13. How to Make Analogies (if You Are a Computer)
Chapter 14. Prospects of Computer Modeling
Part 4. Network Thinking
Chapter 15. The Science of Networks
Chapter 16. Applying Network Science to Real-World Networks
Chapter 17. The Mystery of Scaling
Chapter 18. Evolution, Complexified
Part 5. Conclusion
Chapter 19. The Past and Future of the Sciences of Complexity
Notes
Bibliography
Index