Emergent Properties in Natural and Artificial Dynamical Systems [Hardcover]

An important part of the science of complexity is the study of emergent properties arising through dynamical processes, in various natural and artificial systems. This book presents multidisciplinary approaches for creating and modeling representations of complex systems, and a variety of methods for extracting emergent structures. Offering bio-complexity examples, the coverage extends to self organization, synchronization, stability and robustness. The contributors include researchers in physics, engineering, biology and chemistry.

An important part of the science of complexity is the study of emergent properties arising through dynamical processes in various types of natural and artificial systems. This is the aim of this book, which is the outcome of a discussion meeting within the first European conference on complex systems. It presents multidisciplinary approaches for getting representations of complex systems and using different methods to extract emergent structures. This carefully edited book studies emergent features such as self organization, synchronization, opening on stability and robustness properties. Invariant techniques are presented which can express global emergent properties in dynamical and in temporal evolution systems. This book demonstrates how artificial systems such as a distributed platform can be used for simulation used to search emergent placement during simulation execution.

General Introduction.- From Trajectory Control to Task Space Control  Emergence of Self Organization in Complex Systems.- Natural Systems Modeling.- Competing Ants for Organization Detection Application to Dynamic Distribution.- Problem Solving and Complex Systems.- Changing Levels of Description in a Fluid Flow Simulation.- DNA Supramolecular Self Assemblies as a Biomimetic Complex System.- Dynamic Systems & Synchronization.- Slow Manifold of a Neuronal Bursting Model.- Complex Emergent Properties and Chaos (De)synchronizalC1