01877nam 2200409 a 450 991080792130332120200520144314.00-19-770060-80-19-972457-11-282-32823-99786612328237(CKB)24235115400041(Au-PeEL)EBL472328(CaPaEBR)ebr10335206(CaONFJC)MIL232823(OCoLC)459793917(MiAaPQ)EBC472328(EXLCZ)992423511540004120080530d2009 uy 0engur|||||||||||Complexity[electronic resource] a guided tour /Melanie MitchellOxford [England] ;New York Oxford University Press2009xvi, 349 p. ill., mapIncludes bibliographical references (p. [326]-336) and index.Background and history. What is complexity? ; dynamics, chaos, and prediction ; Information ; Computation ; Evolution ; Genetics, simplified ; Defining and measuring complexity -- Life and evolution in computers. Self-reproducing computer programs ; Genetic algorithms -- Computation writ large. Cellular automata, life, and the universe ; Computing with particles ; Information processing in living systems ; How to make analogies (if you are a computer) ; Prospects of computer modeling -- Network thinking. The science of networks ; Applying network science to real-world networks ; The mystery of scaling ; Evolution, complexified -- Conclusion. The past and future of the sciences of complexity.Complexity (Philosophy)Complexity (Philosophy)501Mitchell Melanie22916MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807921303321Complexity4010088UNINA