LEADER 04085nam 2200781 a 450 001 9910970598603321 005 20191030193400.0 010 $a9786613163684 010 $a9781283163682 010 $a1283163683 010 $a9781400835140 010 $a1400835143 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400835140 035 $a(CKB)2550000000040265 035 $a(EBL)726049 035 $a(OCoLC)741491881 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000522072 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11345559 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000522072 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10522632 035 $a(PQKB)11735573 035 $a(OCoLC)741690796 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36698 035 $a(DE-B1597)446943 035 $a(OCoLC)979968496 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400835140 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL726049 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10481994 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL316368 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC726049 035 $a(PPN)187955360 035 $a(Perlego)734957 035 $a(FR-PaCSA)88833411 035 $a(FRCYB88833411)88833411 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000040265 100 $a20100901d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDiversity and complexity /$fScott E. Page 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc 2011 215 $a1 online resource (304 p.) 225 1 $aPrimers in complex systems 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780691137674 311 08$a0691137676 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tPrelude: The Meaning of Diversity -- $t1. On Diversity and Complexity -- $t2. Measuring Diversity -- $t3. The Creation and Evolution of Diversity -- $t4. Constraints on Diversity -- $t5. Variation in Complex Systems -- $t6. Diversity's Inescapable Benefits I: Averaging -- $t7. Diversity's Inescapable Benefits II: Diminishing Returns to Types -- $t8. Diversity's Impact in Complex Systems -- $t9. Parting Thoughts -- $tBibliography -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aThis book provides an introduction to the role of diversity in complex adaptive systems. A complex system--such as an economy or a tropical ecosystem--consists of interacting adaptive entities that produce dynamic patterns and structures. Diversity plays a different role in a complex system than it does in an equilibrium system, where it often merely produces variation around the mean for performance measures. In complex adaptive systems, diversity makes fundamental contributions to system performance. Scott Page gives a concise primer on how diversity happens, how it is maintained, and how it affects complex systems. He explains how diversity underpins system level robustness, allowing for multiple responses to external shocks and internal adaptations; how it provides the seeds for large events by creating outliers that fuel tipping points; and how it drives novelty and innovation. Page looks at the different kinds of diversity--variations within and across types, and distinct community compositions and interaction structures--and covers the evolution of diversity within complex systems and the factors that determine the amount of maintained diversity within a system. Provides a concise and accessible introduction Shows how diversity underpins robustness and fuels tipping points Covers all types of diversity The essential primer on diversity in complex adaptive systems 410 0$aPrimers in complex systems. 606 $aSocial systems 606 $aCultural pluralism 606 $aComplexity (Philosophy) 615 0$aSocial systems. 615 0$aCultural pluralism. 615 0$aComplexity (Philosophy) 676 $a305.8 700 $aPage$b Scott E$0863453 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910970598603321 996 $aDiversity and complexity$94340162 997 $aUNINA