From cells to societies. Models of complex coherent action. With a foreword by Hermann Haken
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: From cells to societies. Models of complex coherent action. With a foreword by Hermann Haken
zbMATH Open document ID: 1011.92003
author: Yanyan Li
published in: Springer Series in Synergetics
publication date: 2002-11-24T00:00:00Z
review text: This book is devoted to the discussion of functional self-organization in large populations of interacting active elements. The possible forms of self-organization in such complex systems range from coherent motions in the physical coordinate space to the mutual synchronization of the internal dynamics, the development of coherently operating groups, the rise of hierarchical structures, and the emergence of dynamical networks. The authors consider a series of relatively simple mathematical models from physics, biology, biochemistry, sociology and economics, and following the tradition of theoretical physics, they systematically discuss their general properties. The models may be ordered into a sequence progressing from the non-differentiated collective dynamics (characteristic of cell populations) to the hierarchically organizad dynamics of many interacting networks (characteristic of societies). The book provides an elementary introduction to the collective dynamics for researchers and graduate students in a variety of disciplines, such as physics, chemistry, biology and social sciences.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 92B05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 92-02
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 93A30
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 92-01
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 92B20
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 92B99
zbMATH DE Number: 1834430
zbMATH Keywords: collective dynamics
zbMATH Keywords: self-organization
zbMATH Keywords: mutual synchronization
zbMATH Keywords: social life
reviewed by: Ivan Křivý
MaRDI profile type: Publication
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1834430