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9780201525755

1990 Lectures In Complex Systems

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  • ISBN13:

    9780201525755

  • ISBN10:

    0201525755

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1991-07-22
  • Publisher: CRC Press

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Author Biography

Lynn Nadel is head of the Department of Psychology, professor of psychology, research cognitive scientist, and deputy director of the Center for the Study of Complex Systems, all at the University of Arizona. Dr. Nadel, with coeditor Dr. Stein, organized the 1993 Summer School on Complex Systems. Daniel L. Stein is head of the Department of Physics and professor of Physics at the University of Arizona and external associate professor at the Santa Fe Institute. Dr. Stein organized the 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993 Summer Schools on Complex Systems, is a trustee for the Aspen Center for Physics, is on the Science Board at the Santa Fe Institute, and was an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow. Lynn Nadel is head of the Department of Psychology, professor of psychology, research cognitive scientist, and deputy director of the Center for the Study of Complex Systems, all at the University of Arizona. Dr. Nadel, with coeditor Dr. Stein, organized the 1993 Summer School on Complex Systems. Daniel L. Stein is head of the Department of Physics and professor of Physics at the University of Arizona and external associate professor at the Santa Fe Institute. Dr. Stein organized the 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993 Summer Schools on Complex Systems, is a trustee for the Aspen Center for Physics, is on the Science Board at the Santa Fe Institute, and was an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow.

Table of Contents

Preface
Coursesp. 1
Modeling Complex Systems: Stochastic Processes, Stochastic Differential Equations, and Fokker-Planck Equationsp. 3
Complexity in Fluidsp. 53
Pattern Formation in Chemical Systems: Roles of Open Reactorsp. 99
Experimental Analysis of Disordered Systemsp. 125
Theory and Applications of Information-Based Complexityp. 163
Some Learning Tasks from a Control Perspectivep. 195
Moving a Human or Robot Arm with Many Degrees of Freedom: Issues and Ideasp. 225
Control of Tongue Movement Dynamicsp. 253
Models of Somatotopic Map Organizationp. 269
Sex and Evolutionp. 285
Seminarsp. 323
Dynamics of Neural Excitabilityp. 325
Linking Structure and Function: Information Processing in the Brainp. 343
Physiological Studies in Silicop. 367
Nonlinear Dynamics of Neural Delayed Feedbackp. 391
Functional Self-Organization in Complex Systemsp. 407
Random Grammers: A New Class of Models for Functional Integration and Transformation in the Biological, Neural, and Social Sciencesp. 427
Forecasting Chaotic Computational Ecosystemsp. 461
Singularities for Complex Hyperbolic Equationsp. 471
Student Contributionsp. 481
An Overview of the Minimum Description Length Principlep. 483
Equations of Motion from Data with Hidden Variablesp. 487
Spectral Entropy and Self-Organizationp. 493
Asynchronous Parallel Simulated Annealingp. 497
Dynamics of a Trapped Ion Driven by Stochastic Optical Processesp. 509
Undecidability in an Adaptive Systemp. 521
Bifurcations and Chaos in a Paradigm Equation for Delayed Mixed Feedbackp. 527
Asymptotic Periodicity in One-Dimensional Mapsp. 535
Theme and Variations: Spin Glasses, Neural Networks, and Prebiotic Evolutionp. 547
Indexp. 555
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