04167nam 2200589I 450 991081186780332120230725060935.00-429-11309-91-4398-9498-1(CKB)3710000000391162(EBL)1446391(SSID)ssj0001459104(PQKBManifestationID)12627011(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001459104(PQKBWorkID)11456708(PQKB)11252865(MiAaPQ)EBC1446391(Au-PeEL)EBL1446391(CaPaEBR)ebr11166007(OCoLC)908077498(EXLCZ)99371000000039116220180813d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIntroduction to complexity and complex systems /by Robert B. NorthropFirst edition.Boca Raton, FL :CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis,2010.1 online resource (542 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-138-11333-6 1-4398-3901-8 Includes bibliographical references.Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Author; 1. Introduction to Complexity and Complex Systems; 2. Introduction to Large Linear Systems; 3. Introduction to Biochemical Oscillators and Complex, Nonlinear Biochemical Systems; 4. Modularity, Redundancy, Degeneracy, Pleiotropy, and Robustness in Complex Biological Systems; 5. Evolution of Biological Complexity: Invertebrate Immune Systems; 6. Complex Adaptive and Innate Human Immune Systems; 7. Complexity in Quasispecies and MicroRNAs; 8. Introduction to Physiological Complexity: Examples of Models of Some Complex Physiological Systems9. Quest for Quantitative Measures of Complexity10. "Irreducible" and "Specified Complexity "in Living Systems; 11. Introduction to Complexity in Economic Systems; 12. Dealing with Complexity; Appendix A: SimnonTM Programs Used in Chapters 3 and 8; Appendix B: How to Use Root Locus to Determine the Stability of SISO Linear Control Systems; Appendix C: Bode Plots; Appendix D: Nyquist Plots; Glossary; Bibliography and Related Readings; Back CoverThe boundaries between simple and complicated, and complicated and complex system designations are fuzzy and debatable, even using quantitative measures of complexity. However, if you are a biomedical engineer, a biologist, physiologist, economist, politician, stock market speculator, or politician, you have encountered complex systems. Furthermore, your success depends on your ability to successfully interact with and manage a variety of complex systems. In order not to be blindsided by unexpected results, we need a systematic, comprehensive way of analyzing, modeling, and simulating complex systems to predict non-anticipated outcomes. In its engaging first chapters, the book introduces complex systems, Campbell's Law, and the Law of Unintended Consequences, and mathematics necessary for conversations in complex systems. Subsequent chapters illustrate concepts via commonly studied biological mechanisms. The final chapters focus on higher-level complexity problems, and introduce complexity in economic systems. Designed as a reference for biologists and biological engineers, Introduction to Complexity and Complex Systems lends itself to use in a classroom course to introduce advanced students studying biomedical engineering, biophysics, or physiology to complex systems. Engaging and illustrative, this book aids scientists and decision makers in managing biological complexity and complex systems.Complexity (Philosophy)Chaotic behavior in systemsBiocomplexityComplexity (Philosophy)Chaotic behavior in systems.Biocomplexity.570.11Northrop Robert B.721240FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910811867803321Introduction to complexity and complex systems4080598UNINA