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Lynn Nadel, Daniel L. Stein, editors. 1990 Lectures in Complex Systems. Addison Wesley. 1991

 

Contents

Walter Fontana.
Functional self-organization in complex systems. 1991
Wing Yim Tam.
Pattern formation in chemical systems: roles of open reactors. 1991
Charles R. Doering.
Modeling complex systems: stochastic processes, stochastic differential equations, and Fokker-Planck equations
Bruce Bayly.
Complexity in fluids
Sidney R. Nagel.
Experimental analysis of disordered systems
Joseph F. Traub, H. Wozniakowski.
Theory and applications of information-based complexity
Andrew G. Barto.
Some learning tasks from a control perspective
Z. Hasan.
Moving a human or robot arm with many degrees of freedom: issues and ideas
Timothy R. Thomas, Mychael Trong Vo.
Control of tongue movement dynamics
Leif H. Finkel, Gerald M. Edelman.
Models of somatotopic map organization
Richard E. Michod.
Sex and evolution
Mark E. Nelson, James M. Bower.
Dynamics of neural excitability
M. A. V. Gremillion.
Linking structure and function: information processing in the brain
Hans B. Sieburg.
Physiological studies in silico
Andre Longtin.
Nonlinear dynamics of neural delayed feedback
Stuart A. Kauffman.
Random grammars: a new class of models for functional integration and transformation in the biological, neural, and social sciences
Andreas S. Weigend, Bernardo A. Huberman, David E. Rumelhart.
Forecasting chaotic computational ecosystems
Russel E. Caflisch.
Singularities for complex hyperbolic equations
Kevin Atteson.
An overview of the minimum description length principle
Joseph L. Breeden, Alfred Hubler.
Equations of motion from data with hidden variables
John C. Crepeau.
Spectral entropy and self-organization
Daniel R. Greening.
Asynchronous parallel simulated annealing
J. A. Hoffnagle, L. G. Reyna, J. R. Sobehart.
Dynamics of a trapped ion driven by stochastic optical processes
Jan E. Hutson.
Undecidability in an adaptive system
Jerome Losson.
Bifurcations and chaos in a paradigm equation for delayed mixed feedback
Nicholas Provatas.
Asymptotic periodicity in one-dimensional maps
Albert J. Wong.
Theme and variations: spin glasses, neural networks, and prebiotic evolution

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Lynn Nadel, Daniel L. Stein, editors. 1993 Lectures in Complex Systems. Addison Wesley. 1995

 

Contents

S. N. Coppersmith.
Complex Structures and Dynamics in Condensed Matter Systems
Catherine A. Macken, Peter F. Stadler.
Evolution on Fitness Landscapes
Bartlett Mel.
Information Processing in Dendritic Trees
B. Kean Sawhill.
Self-Organized Criticality and Complexity Theory
Olaf Sporns.
Neural Models of Perception and Behavior
Randall Tagg.
Instabilities and the Origin of Complexity in Fluid Flows
Kurt Thearling.
Massively Parallel Architectures and Algorithms for Time Series Analysis
Eric J. Anderson.
Numerical Investigations of the Krugman Population Model
Philip E. Auerswald, Jan Tai Tsung Kim.
Transitional Dynamics in a Model of Economic Geography
Ann M. Bell.
Dynamically Interdependent Preferences in a Lattice Economy
Rajarshi Das.
Evolution in Cellular Automata Rule Space
Gyongyi Gadl.
Prediction of External Stimuli from Neuronal Responses
Liane M. Gabora.
Meme and Variations: A Computational Model of Cultural Evolution
Maureane Hoffman, William Fortin, Arjendu K. Pattanayak, Douglas M. Monroe.
Blood Coagulation is a Complex System
Jan Tai Tsung Kim.
Using Distance Distributions to Measure Complexity of Populations
James E. Kittock.
Emergent Conventions and the Structure of Multiagent Systems
Jose Lobo.
Stochastic Fluctuations, Noise-Induced Transitions, and the Blowtorch Theorem: Does Noise Matter in Economics
Brett McDonnel.
An Introductory Note on the Krugman Spatial Model
Arjendu K. Pattanayak, Alfred Hubler.
Cellular Automata with Changing Radii: A Model for Intraspecific Computation in Plant Populations
S. L. Pepke.
Dynamical Models of Earthquake Faults and Forecasting in Complex Systems
William Sulis.
Driven Cellular Automata
Manfred Tacker, Peter F. Stadler.
RNA: Genotype and Phenotype
Patrick Tufts.
Parallel Case Evaluation for Genetic Programming
Ken Umeno.
Singular Point. Analysis and Nonintegrable Hamiltonian Systems
Andreas Wagner.
Reductionism in Evolutionary Biology: A Perceptional Artifact?

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H. Fred Nijhout, Lynn Nadel, Daniel L. Stein, editors. Pattern Formation in the Physical and Biological Sciences. Addison-Wesley. 1997

 

Contents

Alan C. Newell.
The Dynamics and Analysis of Patterns. 1989
H. Fred Nijhout.
Pattern and Process
Aviv Bergman.
Self-Organization by Simulated Evolution. 1990
Leif H. Finkel.
Limiting Assumptions in Models of Somatotopic Map Organization. 1991
Walter Fontana.
Functional self-organization in complex systems. 1991
Raymond E. Goldstein.
Nonlinear Dynamics of Pattern Formation in Physics and Biology. 1993
Charles M. Gray.
Synchronous Oscillations in Neuronal Systems: Mechanisms and Functions. 1994
Bernardo A. Huberman, Tad Hogg.
The Emergence of Computational Ecologies. 1993
Erica Jen.
Preimages and Forecasting for Cellular Automata. 1990
Joel L. Lebowitz, Christian Maes, E. R. Speer.
Probablistic Cellular Automata: Some Statistical Mechanical Considerations. 1990
Wentian Li.
Nonlocal Cellular Automata. 1992
H. Fred Nijhout.
Pattern Formation in Biological Systems. 1992
Carla J. Shatz.
Impulse Activity and the Patterning of Connections During CNS Development. 1990
Wing Yim Tam.
Pattern formation in chemical systems: roles of open reactors. 1991
Neil A. Gershenfeld, Andreas S. Weigend.
The Future of Time Series: Learning and Understanding. 1994