LEADER 01877nam 2200409 a 450 001 9910807921303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-770060-8 010 $a0-19-972457-1 010 $a1-282-32823-9 010 $a9786612328237 035 $a(CKB)24235115400041 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL472328 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10335206 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL232823 035 $a(OCoLC)459793917 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC472328 035 $a(EXLCZ)9924235115400041 100 $a20080530d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 200 10$aComplexity$b[electronic resource] $ea guided tour /$fMelanie Mitchell 210 $aOxford [England] ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2009 215 $axvi, 349 p. $cill., map 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [326]-336) and index. 327 $aBackground 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. 606 $aComplexity (Philosophy) 615 0$aComplexity (Philosophy) 676 $a501 700 $aMitchell$b Melanie$022916 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807921303321 996 $aComplexity$94010088 997 $aUNINA