Evolution of Dynamical Structures in Complex Systems :
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[Book]
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Proceedings of the International Symposium Stuttgart, July 16-17, 1992
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edited by Rudolf Friedrich, Arne Wunderlin.
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Berlin, Heidelberg
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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1992
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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(viii, 415 pages 137 illustrations)
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Springer proceedings in physics, 69.
CONTENTS NOTE
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I General Approaches --; On the Principles of Synergetics --; Elements of a Synergetics of Evolutionary Processes --; Nonequilibrium Potentials --; II Lasers and Nonlinear Optics --; Spatio-Temporal Instabilities in Nonlinear Optical Systems --; The Laser with a Saturable Absorber: A Paradigm for the Study of Laser Instabilities --; Dislocations in Laser Fields --; On the Role of Noise in Nonlinear Optics --; III Fluid Dynamics and Solid State Physics --; Pattern Formation in Fluids --; Variational and Non-Variational Models --; Dynamic Theory of Planetary Magnetism and Laboratory Experiments --; Influence of Colored Noise on Energy Transport and Optical Line Shapes in Dimers --; IV Biology and Medicine --; Coordination Dynamics of Human Brain and Behavior --; Brain Electric Fields and Brain Functional States --; Synergetic Analysis of Human Electroencephalograms: Petit-Mal Epilepsy --; Synergetics, Resonance Phenomena and Brain Internal Codes --; Synergetics, Self-Simplification, and the Ability to Undo --; V Artificial Intelligence and Synergetic Computers --; Artificial Life: An Engineering Perspective --; Path Finding with a Network of Oscillators --; Synergetic Approach to Phenomena of Perception in Natural and Artificial Systems --; VI Psychology and Social Sciences --; Application of Synergetics to Psychology --; Organization and Self-Organization --; VII Epistemology --; Schelling's Concept of Self-Organization --; Index of Contributors.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book contains review articles surveying the wide range of applications of synergetics to complex systems of physical, chemical and biological origin. Leading scientists in each of these fields describe how the mathematical tools of synergetics and the paradigm of self-organization have led to important advances in fields as diverse as laser instabilities, pattern formation in fluids, psychology and artificial life to name but a few.