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Micro, Meso, Macro

Author : Hans Liljenstrm
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9812701400
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (127 download)

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Download or read book Micro, Meso, Macro written by Hans Liljenstrm and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2005 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the domain of science concerned with systems structure and behavior, the issue of the relationship between the micro and the macro level is of key importance. This book concentrates on the interplay between these levels and has a special focus on the level OC in betweenOCO OCo the meso level. An investigation of those links is made through a number of cases from different domains of science, including physics, chemistry, ecology, social science, economics and technology. What is evident is that there are facets regarding meso-level issues that are similar between cases, but also that the domains differ in various ways. This is particularly exemplified by the differences in perspectives from which the natural and social sciences deal with scaling issues. The various examples provided in this book mirror its overriding theme: systems complexity."

Micro Meso Macro: Addressing Complex Systems Couplings

Author : Hans Liljenstrom
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814482315
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (144 download)

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Download or read book Micro Meso Macro: Addressing Complex Systems Couplings written by Hans Liljenstrom and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2005-05-03 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the domain of science concerned with systems structure and behavior, the issue of the relationship between the micro and the macro level is of key importance. This book concentrates on the interplay between these levels and has a special focus on the level “in between” — the meso level.An investigation of those links is made through a number of cases from different domains of science, including physics, chemistry, ecology, social science, economics and technology. What is evident is that there are facets regarding meso-level issues that are similar between cases, but also that the domains differ in various ways. This is particularly exemplified by the differences in perspectives from which the natural and social sciences deal with scaling issues. The various examples provided in this book mirror its overriding theme: systems complexity.

From Collective Beings to Quasi-Systems

Author : Gianfranco Minati
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1493975811
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (939 download)

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Book Synopsis From Collective Beings to Quasi-Systems by : Gianfranco Minati

Download or read book From Collective Beings to Quasi-Systems written by Gianfranco Minati and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book outlines a possible future theoretical perspective for systemics, its conceptual morphology and landscape while the Good-Old-Fashioned-Systemics (GOFS) era is still under way. The change from GOFS to future systemics can be represented, as shown in the book title, by the conceptual change from Collective Beings to Quasi-systems. With the current advancements, problems and approaches occurring in contemporary science, systemics are moving beyond the traditional frameworks used in the past. From Collective Beings to Coherent Quasi-Systems outlines a conceptual morphology and landscape for a new theoretical perspective for systemics introducing the concept of Quasi-systems. Advances in domains such as theoretical physics, philosophy of science, cell biology, neuroscience, experimental economics, network science and many others offer new concepts and technical tools to support the creation of a fully transdisciplinary General Theory of Change. This circumstance requires a deep reformulation of systemics, without forgetting the achievements of established conventions. The book is divided into two parts. Part I, examines classic systemic issues from new theoretical perspectives and approaches. A new general unified framework is introduced to help deal with topics such as dynamic structural coherence and Quasi-systems. This new theoretical framework is compared and contrasted with the traditional approaches. Part II focuses on the process of translation into social culture of the theoretical principles, models and approaches introduced in Part I. This translation is urgent in post-industrial societies where emergent processes and problems are still dealt with by using the classical or non-systemic knowledge of the industrial phase.

General System Theory: Perspectives in Philosophy and Approaches in Complex Systems

Author : Gianfranco Minati
Publisher : MDPI
ISBN 13 : 3038424404
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (384 download)

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Book Synopsis General System Theory: Perspectives in Philosophy and Approaches in Complex Systems by : Gianfranco Minati

Download or read book General System Theory: Perspectives in Philosophy and Approaches in Complex Systems written by Gianfranco Minati and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2018-07-09 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Second Generation General System Theory: Perspectives in Philosophy and Approaches in Complex Systems" that was published in Systems

Advances in Cognitive Neurodynamics (II)

Author : Rubin Wang
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9048196957
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (481 download)

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Book Synopsis Advances in Cognitive Neurodynamics (II) by : Rubin Wang

Download or read book Advances in Cognitive Neurodynamics (II) written by Rubin Wang and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-01-06 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within our knowledge, the series of the International Conference on Cognitive Neurodynamics (ICCN) is the only conference series dedicating to cognitive neurodynamics. This volume is the proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Cognitive Neurodynamics held in 2009, which reviews the progress in this field since the 1st ICCN -2007. The topics include: Neural coding and realistic neural network dynamics, Neural population dynamics, Firing Oscillations and Patterns in Neuronal Networks, Brain imaging, EEG, MEG, Sensory and Motor Dynamics, Global cognitive function, Multi-scalar Neurodynamics - from Physiology to Systems Theory, Neural computing, Emerging Technologies for Brain Computer Interfaces, Neural dynamics of brain disorders.

Downward Causation and the Neurobiology of Free Will

Author : Nancey Murphy
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642032044
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (42 download)

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Book Synopsis Downward Causation and the Neurobiology of Free Will by : Nancey Murphy

Download or read book Downward Causation and the Neurobiology of Free Will written by Nancey Murphy and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-09-23 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How is free will possible in the light of the physical and chemical underpinnings of brain activity and recent neurobiological experiments? How can the emergence of complexity in hierarchical systems such as the brain, based at the lower levels in physical interactions, lead to something like genuine free will? The nature of our understanding of free will in the light of present-day neuroscience is becoming increasingly important because of remarkable discoveries on the topic being made by neuroscientists at the present time, on the one hand, and its crucial importance for the way we view ourselves as human beings, on the other. A key tool in understanding how free will may arise in this context is the idea of downward causation in complex systems, happening coterminously with bottom up causation, to form an integral whole. Top-down causation is usually neglected, and is therefore emphasized in the other part of the book’s title. The concept is explored in depth, as are the ethical and legal implications of our understanding of free will. This book arises out of a workshop held in California in April of 2007, which was chaired by Dr. Christof Koch. It was unusual in terms of the breadth of people involved: they included physicists, neuroscientists, psychiatrists, philosophers, and theologians. This enabled the meeting, and hence the resulting book, to attain a rather broader perspective on the issue than is often attained at academic symposia. The book includes contributions by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, George F. R. Ellis , Christopher D. Frith, Mark Hallett, David Hodgson, Owen D. Jones, Alicia Juarrero, J. A. Scott Kelso, Christof Koch, Hans Küng, Hakwan C. Lau, Dean Mobbs, Nancey Murphy, William Newsome, Timothy O’Connor, Sean A.. Spence, and Evan Thompson.

Cognitive Phase Transitions in the Cerebral Cortex - Enhancing the Neuron Doctrine by Modeling Neural Fields

Author : Robert Kozma
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 331924406X
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)

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Book Synopsis Cognitive Phase Transitions in the Cerebral Cortex - Enhancing the Neuron Doctrine by Modeling Neural Fields by : Robert Kozma

Download or read book Cognitive Phase Transitions in the Cerebral Cortex - Enhancing the Neuron Doctrine by Modeling Neural Fields written by Robert Kozma and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-10-30 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This intriguing book was born out of the many discussions the authors had in the past 10 years about the role of scale-free structure and dynamics in producing intelligent behavior in brains. The microscopic dynamics of neural networks is well described by the prevailing paradigm based in a narrow interpretation of the neuron doctrine. This book broadens the doctrine by incorporating the dynamics of neural fields, as first revealed by modeling with differential equations (K-sets). The book broadens that approach by application of random graph theory (neuropercolation). The book concludes with diverse commentaries that exemplify the wide range of mathematical/conceptual approaches to neural fields. This book is intended for researchers, postdocs, and graduate students, who see the limitations of network theory and seek a beachhead from which to embark on mesoscopic and macroscopic neurodynamics.

Systems Approaches and Their Application

Author : Mats-Olov Olsson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1402023707
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Systems Approaches and Their Application written by Mats-Olov Olsson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-01-16 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the application of systems thinking across a broad field of cases representing research, teaching, decision support and construction. All cases are presented by experts who have actually been involved in the activities they describe. The broad selection of cases captures the great variation of systems thinking, and how it is integrated into models and theories and solid knowledge pertaining to different substantive areas.

Advances in Applied Self-Organizing Systems

Author : Mikhail Prokopenko
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1447151135
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (471 download)

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Book Synopsis Advances in Applied Self-Organizing Systems by : Mikhail Prokopenko

Download or read book Advances in Applied Self-Organizing Systems written by Mikhail Prokopenko and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do we design a self-organizing system? Is it possible to validate and control non-deterministic dynamics? What is the right balance between the emergent patterns that bring robustness, adaptability and scalability, and the traditional need for verification and validation of the outcomes? The last several decades have seen much progress from original ideas of “emergent functionality” and “design for emergence”, to sophisticated mathematical formalisms of “guided self-organization”. And yet the main challenge remains, attracting the best scientific and engineering expertise to this elusive problem. This book presents state-of-the-practice of successfully engineered self-organizing systems, and examines ways to balance design and self-organization in the context of applications. As demonstrated in this second edition of Advances in Applied Self-Organizing Systems, finding this balance helps to deal with practical challenges as diverse as navigation of microscopic robots within blood vessels, self-monitoring aerospace vehicles, collective and modular robotics adapted for autonomous reconnaissance and surveillance, self-managing grids and multiprocessor scheduling, data visualization and self-modifying digital and analog circuitry, intrusion detection in computer networks, reconstruction of hydro-physical fields, traffic management, immunocomputing and nature-inspired computation. Many algorithms proposed and discussed in this volume are biologically inspired, and the reader will also gain an insight into cellular automata, genetic algorithms, artificial immune systems, snake-like locomotion, ant foraging, birds flocking, neuromorphic circuits, amongst others. Demonstrating the practical relevance and applicability of self-organization, Advances in Applied Self-Organizing Systems will be an invaluable tool for advanced students and researchers in a wide range of fields.

Adaptation To Climate Change: Asean And Comparative Experiences

Author : Kheng Lian Koh
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814689750
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (146 download)

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Download or read book Adaptation To Climate Change: Asean And Comparative Experiences written by Kheng Lian Koh and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adaptation to Climate Change: ASEAN and Comparative Experiences presents a dynamic and comprehensive collection of works from legal scholars around the world that delves into a relatively new frontier on legal aspects of climate change adaptation with focus on the ASEAN region, both at the regional level as well as at the national level in some ASEAN countries — such as Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand. Other countries not within ASEAN are also represented, such as Bangladesh, People's Republic of China, Sri Lanka, and the Republic of Taiwan. In doing so, it surveys one of the most important issues confronting developing countries today, and the challenges to building resilient societies. It is an essential source of reference for policy-makers, administrators, the private sector officials, scientists, academic scholars, climatologists, NGOs, and CSOs in ASEAN and the world.

Complex Society: In the Middle of a Middle World

Author : Bojan Radej
Publisher : Vernon Press
ISBN 13 : 1648891640
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (488 download)

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Book Synopsis Complex Society: In the Middle of a Middle World by : Bojan Radej

Download or read book Complex Society: In the Middle of a Middle World written by Bojan Radej and published by Vernon Press. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The decreasing capacity to govern complex social processes results in negative trends that breach system thresholds in all main social domains with extreme economic stratification of society. Independent studies steadily report that a strong majority of the world’s population, between 60% and 80%, already feels excluded and no longer represented by their governments. The two prevailing concepts of complexity seem to overlook the central importance of mesoscopic complexity. Socially complex conditions call for a new kind of social thought specifically developed for a blinded generation that must be as different from modern and postmodern thoughts, as they were different from their middle-age precedents. 'Complex Society: In the Middle of a Middle World', addresses the concerns of the excluded majority by explaining how present complex social conditions work in favor of generational aspirations to achieve a more positive future. In the geometry of thinking, a complex matter is not comprehensible objectively, but only by evaluating overlaps between complexity domains on their periphery, which is in the area of their inconsistencies. The book first develops an evaluative methodology for studying complex social matters and then tests it with three case studies that reflect some of the most pressing problems in contemporary societies: aggregation problem, integration problem, and organization problem. The obtained findings give grounds for the depiction of an outline for the ‘anti-postmodern’ ordering of contemporary societies. This ground-breaking text will be of particular interest for graduate and post-graduate level of social sciences, evaluators of project, program and policy impact evaluation, evaluators of philosophy of science, as well as methodologists of social research and public governance.

The Systemic Turn in Human and Natural Sciences

Author : Lucia Urbani Ulivi
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030007251
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book The Systemic Turn in Human and Natural Sciences written by Lucia Urbani Ulivi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-12-14 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is dedicated to the consolidation and to the expansion of theoretic systems thinking as a necessary integration of the general reductionist and analytical attitude dominant in our culture. Reductionism and analytical approaches have produced significant results in many fields of contemporary knowledge giving a great contribution to relevant scientific discoveries and to their technological application, but their validity has been improperly universalized as the only and best methods of knowledge in every domain. It is nowadays clear that analytical or mereological approaches are inadequate to solve many problems and that we should introduce – or support the diffusion of - new concepts and different research attitudes. A good candidate to support such a shift is the well known theoretical approach based on the concept of “system” that no more considers the elementary constituents of an object, but the entity emerging from the relations and interactions among its elementary parts. It becomes possible to reconstruct several domains, both philosophical and scientific, from the systemic point of view, introducing fresh ideas in the research in view of a general rational vision of the world on more comprehensive basis. This book contributes to the diffusion and evolution of systemic thinking by focusing on two main objectives: developing and updating the systemic approach in disciplines currently using it and introducing the systemic perspective in humanistic disciplines, where the approach is not widely used. The Systemic Turn in Human and Natural Sciences: A Rock in the Pond is comprised of ten chapters. The chapter authors adopt a trans-disciplinary perspective, consisting in the recognition and harmonization of the special outlooks that together, within the general systemic paradigm, gives an ideal unity to the book.

Systems and Human Science - For Safety, Security and Dependability

Author : Robotics Society of Japan
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0444518134
Total Pages : 567 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (445 download)

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Download or read book Systems and Human Science - For Safety, Security and Dependability written by Robotics Society of Japan and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2005-03-08 with total page 567 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multiple participant decision making in societal and technological systems / K.W. Hipel and L. Fang -- Mathematical modeling for coping with uncertainty and risk / Marek Makowski -- Managing complex and dynamic systems for the future / E.D. Jones -- Characteristics of visual attention and the safety / T. Miura, K. Shinohara, T. Kimura and K. Ishimatsu -- An agent-based rules discovery from complex database / Mina Ryoke and Yoshiteru Nakamori -- Additional learning in computational intelligence and its applications to risk management problems / H. Nakayama, K. Kuramoto, M. Arakawa and K. Furukawa -- Integrated assessment of global warming stabilization scenarios by the Asia-Pacific integrated model / Toshihiko Masui, Kiyoshi Takahashi, Mikiko Kainuma and Yuzuru Matsuoka -- Trust and acceptance of risks / Satoshi Fujii, Toshiko Kikkawa and Kazuhisa Takemura -- A value judgment for evaluating the sense of security provided by nursing care robots based on cumulative prospect theory / Hiroy ...

Handbook of Sustainability Science in the Future

Author : Walter Leal Filho
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031045602
Total Pages : 1984 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Sustainability Science in the Future written by Walter Leal Filho and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-08-14 with total page 1984 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humanity will have to cope with many problems in the coming decades: for instance, the world population is likely grow to to 8,8 billion people by 2035. Also, changing climate conditions are negatively affecting the livelihoods of millions of people. In particular, environmental disasters are causing substantial damages to properties. From a social perspective, the inequalities between rich and poor nations are becoming even deeper, and in many countries, conflicts between national and international interest groups are intensifying.The above state of affairs suggest that a broader understanding of the trends which may lead to a more sustainable world is needed, especially those which may pave the way for future developments. In other words, we need to pave the way for sustainable futures.Consistent with this reality, the proposed Encyclopedia of Sustainability Futures aims to identify, document and disseminate ideas, experiences and visions from scientists, member of nongovernmental organisations, decision-makers industry representatives and citizens, on themes and issues which will be important in pursuing sustainable future scenarios. In particular, the publication will focus on scientific aspects, as well as on social and economic ones, also considering matters related to financing and infra-structures, which are important in pursuing a sustainable future.The Encyclopedia of Sustainability Futures will involve the contributing authors in line with theprinciple of co-generation, from across a wide range of disciplines, e.g. education and social sciences, natural sciences, engineering, the arts, languages etc, with papers adopting a long-term sustainability perspective, with a time horizon until 2050. The focus will be on themes which are felt as important in the future, and the chapters are expected to interest and motivate a world audience.This book is part of the "100 papers to accelerate the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals initiative"!

Macrocognition in Teams

Author : Michael P. Letsky
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1317102843
Total Pages : 739 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Macrocognition in Teams written by Michael P. Letsky and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 739 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Team collaboration involves many operational tasks such as team decision-making or course of action selection, developing shared understanding, and intelligence analysis. These operational tasks must be performed in many situations, often under severe time pressure, with information and knowledge uncertainty, large amounts of dynamic information and across different team characteristics. Recent research in this area has focused on various aspects of human collaborative decision-making and the underlying cognitive processes while describing those processes at different levels of detail, making it difficult to compare research results. The theoretical construct of ’macrocognition in teams’ was developed to facilitate cognitive research in team collaboration, which will enable a common level of understanding when defining, measuring and discussing the cognitive processes in team collaboration. Macrocognition is defined as both the internalized and externalized mental processes employed by team members in complex, one-of-a-kind, collaborative problem solving. Macrocognition in Teams provides readers with a greater understanding of the macrocognitive processes which support collaborative team activity, showcasing current research, theories, methodologies and tools. It will be of direct relevance to academics, researchers and practitioners interested in group/team interaction, performance, development and training.

The Complex Tapestry of Free Will

Author : Robert Kane
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197751407
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (977 download)

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Download or read book The Complex Tapestry of Free Will written by Robert Kane and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Kane is one of the most prominent contributors to debates on free will over the last 50 years. Here he discusses the evolution of his views since his 1996 volume The Significance of Free Will, and provides responses to some of the latest critical literature on them. He explains significant changes to his views on free will and related notions of moral responsibility, agency, and other related topics. He connects his ideas on free will to ethical thought, and to key ideas in the philosophy of religion. The volume is accessible to those not already familiar with the free will literature, while also developing novel and complex ideas on difficult subjects.

The SAGE Handbook of Marketing Theory

Author : Pauline Maclaran
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 184787505X
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (478 download)

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Download or read book The SAGE Handbook of Marketing Theory written by Pauline Maclaran and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2009-12-22 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting new Handbook brings together the latest in debates concerning the development of marketing theory, featuring original contributions from a selection of leading international authors. The collection aims to give greater conceptual cohesion to the field, by drawing together the many disparate perspectives and presenting them in one volume. The contributors are all leading international scholars, chosen to represent the intellectual diversity within marketing theory.