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LEADER: 01869cam a2200301 a 4500
001 2008023794
003 DLC
005 20100225085423.0
008 080530s2009 enkab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008023794
015 $aGBA905832$2bnb
016 7 $a014883204$2Uk
020 $a9780195124415 :$c$29.95
020 $a0195124413
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn216938473
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBTCTA$dBAKER$dYDXCP$dUKM$dC#P$dBWX$dCDX$dABG$dOCLCQ$dDLC
050 00 $aQ175.32.C65$bM58 2009
082 00 $a501$222
100 1 $aMitchell, Melanie.
245 10 $aComplexity :$ba guided tour /$cMelanie Mitchell.
260 $aOxford [England] ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2009.
300 $axvi, 349 p. :$bill., map ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [326]-336) and index.
505 0 $aBackground and history. What is complexity? ; dynamics, chaos, and prediction ; Information ; Computation ; Evolution ; Genetics, simplified ; Defining and measuring complexity -- Life and evolution in computers. Self-reproducing computer programs ; Genetic algorithms -- Computation writ large. Cellular automata, life, and the universe ; Computing with particles ; Information processing in living systems ; How to make analogies (if you are a computer) ; Prospects of computer modeling -- Network thinking. The science of networks ; Applying network science to real-world networks ; The mystery of scaling ; Evolution, complexified -- Conclusion. The past and future of the sciences of complexity.
650 0 $aComplexity (Philosophy)
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0819/2008023794.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0912/2008023794-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0912/2008023794-d.html