TY - BOOK ID - 218322 TI - Unifying Themes in Complex Systems IV : Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Complex Systems AU - Minai, Ali A. AU - Bar-Yam, Yaneer. AU - International Conference on Complex Systems AU - New England Complex Systems Institute. PY - 2008 SN - 1281871745 9786611871741 3540738495 3540738487 3642093086 PB - Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - System theory KW - Computational complexity KW - Information Technology KW - Artificial Intelligence KW - Artificial intelligence. KW - Operations research. KW - Mathematics. KW - Statistical physics. KW - Complex Systems. KW - Artificial Intelligence. KW - Operations Research/Decision Theory. KW - Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences. KW - Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems. KW - Physics KW - Mathematical statistics KW - Math KW - Science KW - Operational analysis KW - Operational research KW - Industrial engineering KW - Management science KW - Research KW - AI (Artificial intelligence) KW - Artificial thinking KW - Electronic brains KW - Intellectronics KW - Intelligence, Artificial KW - Intelligent machines KW - Machine intelligence KW - Thinking, Artificial KW - Bionics KW - Cognitive science KW - Digital computer simulation KW - Electronic data processing KW - Logic machines KW - Machine theory KW - Self-organizing systems KW - Simulation methods KW - Fifth generation computers KW - Neural computers KW - Statistical methods KW - Dynamical systems. KW - Decision making. KW - Game theory. KW - Games, Theory of KW - Theory of games KW - Mathematical models KW - Mathematics KW - Deciding KW - Decision (Psychology) KW - Decision analysis KW - Decision processes KW - Making decisions KW - Management KW - Management decisions KW - Choice (Psychology) KW - Problem solving KW - Dynamical systems KW - Kinetics KW - Mechanics, Analytic KW - Force and energy KW - Mechanics KW - Statics KW - Decision making UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:218322 AB - In June of 2002, over 500 professors, students and researchers met in Boston, Massachusetts for the Fourth International Conference on Complex Systems. The attendees represented a remarkably diverse collection of fields: biology, ecology, physics, engineering, computer science, economics, psychology and sociology, The goal of the conference was to encourage cross-fertilization between the many disciplines represented and to deepen understanding of the properties common to all complex systems. This volume contains 43 papers selected from the more than 200 presented at the conference. Topics include: cellular automata, neurology, evolution, computer science, network dynamics, and urban planning. About NECSI: For over 10 years, The New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI) has been instrumental in the development of complex systems science and its applications. NECSI conducts research, education, knowledge dissemination, and community development around the world for the promotion of the study of complex systems and its application for the betterment of society. NECSI hosts the International Conference on Complex Systems and publishes the NECSI Book Series in conjunction with Springer Publishers. ALI MINAI is an Affiliate of the New England Complex Systems Institute and an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Cincinnati. YANEER BAR-YAM is President and founder of the New England Complex Systems Institute. He is the author of Dynamics of Complex Systems and Making Things Work: Solving Complex Problems in a Complex World. ER -