Chaos and complexity [[electronic resource] ] : new research / / Franco F. Orsucci and Nicoletta Sala, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452194703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009
• ISBN: 1-60876-676-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (482 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): OrsucciFranco; SalaNicoletta
• Disciplina: 003/.857
• Soggetti: Chaotic behavior in systems; Science; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Chaos and Complexity: New Research""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Complexity and Chaos Theory in Art""; ""References""; ""Pollock, Mondrian and Nature: Recent Scientific Investigations""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Pollockâ€?s Dripped Complexity""; ""2. Fractal Aesthetics""; ""3. Mondrianâ€?s Simplicity""; ""4. Discussion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Visual Semantic Ambiguity in Art""; ""Abstract""; ""Non-Linear Models Perception of Ambiguous Patterns""; ""Visual Ambiguity in Art""; ""Semantic Ambiguity of Visual Scenes""; ""Semantic Ambiguity in Plot Development and in Comic Situations""""Mixed Ambiguity""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Does the Complexity of Space Lie in the Cosmos or in Chaos?""; ""Crystal and Flame/Form and Process: The Morphology of the Amorphous""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Background""; ""Works-in-Process""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Bibliography""; ""Complexity in the Mesoamerican Artistic and Architectural Works""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Material and Methods""; ""Information Dimension""; ""Mass Dimension""; ""Results and Discussion""; ""Conclusions""; ""References""""New Paradigm Architecture""; ""Generation of Textures and Geometric Pseudo-Urban Models with the Aid of IFS""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. From IFS to Urban Textures and Geometric ; Models""; ""3. From Generated Scenes to Real World""; ""4. Conclusions and Future Works""; ""References""; ""Psuedo-Urban Automatic Pattern Generation""; ""Abstract ""; ""1. Introduction ""; ""2. Research Task Context ""; ""3. Applications ""; ""4. Conclusion ""; ""References ""; ""Tonal Structure of Music and Controlling Chaos in the Brain""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Control of Chaos in the Brain by Sinusoidal or Periodic Pulsed Force""""3. Model of Music Tonality""; ""4. Stable States of Tonalities and Resonance Action""; ""References""; ""Collecting Patterns That Work for Everything""; ""Abstract""; ""What Do We See and How Are We Telling This Story? ""; ""Machines ""; ""Presentation and Representation ""; ""Machine Aesthetics ""; ""Redundant and Similar Information ""; ""Conclusions ""; ""References ""; ""Stability Conditions in Contextual Emergence""; ""Abstract""; ""1.Introduction""; ""2.Reduction and Emergence""; ""3.Contextual Topologies and Asymptotic Expansions""""4.Thermodynamic Equilibrium and Temperature""; ""5.Stability Principles for Contextual Emergence""; ""6.Summary""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Contextual Emergence of Mental States from Neurodynamics""; ""Abstract""; ""1.Interlevel Relations""; ""2.Structural Stability in Symbolic Dynamics""; ""3.Contextual Emergence of Mental States from Neural States""; ""4.Compatibility of Psychological Descriptions""; ""5.Summary""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Phase Coupling Supports Associative Visual Processing: Physiology and Related Models""