1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910646388303321

Autore

Ferrara, Gianluca

Titolo

Incenerire i rifiuti? No grazie! : termovalorizzatori: costi, danni alla salute e impatto ambientale / Gianluca Ferrara . Le alternative? Obiettivo: rifiuti zero / [contributi di Paul Connet e Rossano Ercolini]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

S. l.], : Dissensi, 2011

ISBN

978-88-89841-69-3

Descrizione fisica

100 p. ; 20 cm

Collana

Dissensi

Locazione

DECBC

Collocazione

FL AMB 47

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910254623203321

Autore

Ludu Andrei

Titolo

Boundaries of a complex world / / by Andrei Ludu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-662-49078-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (365 p.)

Collana

Springer Series in Synergetics, , 0172-7389

Disciplina

530

Soggetti

Statistical physics

System theory

Computational complexity

Systems biology

Ecology

Physical geography

Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory

Complex Systems

Complexity

Systems Biology

Theoretical Ecology/Statistics

Earth System Sciences

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

Part I Arts and Nonlinear Systems: `Nonlineart' -- Part II Mathematical Language -- Part III Applications -- Conclusions -- References.

Sommario/riassunto

The central theme of this book is the extent to which the structure of the free dynamical boundaries of a system controls the evolution of the system as a whole. Applying three orthogonal types of thinking - mathematical, constructivist and morphological, it illustrates these concepts using applications to selected problems from the social and life sciences, as well as economics.  In a broader context, it introduces and reviews some modern mathematical approaches to the science of complex systems. Standard modeling approaches (based on non-linear differential equations, dynamic systems, graph theory, cellular



automata, stochastic processes, or information theory) are suitable for studying local problems. However they cannot simultaneously take into account all the different facets and phenomena of a complex system, and new approaches are required to solve the challenging problem of correlations between phenomena at different levels and hierarchies, their self-organization and memory-evolutive aspects, the growth of additional structures and are ultimately required to explain why and how such complex systems can display both robustness and flexibility.   This graduate-level text also addresses a broader interdisciplinary audience, keeping the mathematical level essentially uniform throughout the book, and involving only basic elements from calculus, algebra, geometry and systems theory.  .