Formal Descriptions of Developing Systems

✍ Scribed by J. B. Nation (auth.), James Nation, Irina Trofimova, John D. Rand, William Sulis (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 309
• Series: NATO Science Series 121
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A cutting-edge survey of formal methods directed specifically at dealing with the deep mathematical problems engendered by the study of developing systems, in particular dealing with developing phase spaces, changing components, structures and functionalities, and the problem of emergence. Several papers deal with the modelling of particular experimental situations in population biology, economics and plant and muscle developments in addition to purely theoretical approaches. Novel approaches include differential inclusions and viability theory, growth tensors, archetypal dynamics, ensembles with variable structures, and complex system models. The papers represent the work of theoreticians and experimental biologists, psychologists and economists. The areas covered embrace complex systems, the development of artificial life, mathematics, computer science, biology and psychology.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Formal Descriptions of Developing Systems: An Overview....Pages 1-7
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
The Statistical Theory of Global Population Growth....Pages 11-35
Maximum Resiliency as a Determinant of Food Web Behavior....Pages 37-44
Thermodynamic Approach to the Problem of Economic Equilibrium....Pages 45-58
Front Matter....Pages 59-59
Programmed Death Phenomena at Various Levels of Development of the Living Systems....Pages 61-86
Development of Motor Control in Vertebrates....Pages 87-98
Dislocations in the Repetitive Unit Patterns of Biological Systems....Pages 99-117
The Description of Growth of Plant Organs: A Continuous Approach Based on the Growth Tensor....Pages 119-136
Using Deterministic Chaos Theory for the Analysis of Sleep Eeg....Pages 137-149
Front Matter....Pages 151-151
How does Complexity Develop?....Pages 153-164
Adaptive Evolution of Complex Systems Under Uncertain Environmental Constraints: A Viability Approach....Pages 165-184
Archetypal Dynamics: An Approach to the Study of Emergence....Pages 185-228
Front Matter....Pages 229-229
Sociability, Diversity and Compatibility in Developing Systems: EVS Approach....Pages 231-248
Tetrahymena and Ants-Simple Models of Complex Systems....Pages 249-267
Embryogenesis as a Model of a Developing System....Pages 269-276
Front Matter....Pages 277-277
Clinical Research Histomarkers for Objectively Estimating Premorbid Vagal Tone Chronology in Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses and in Acute Stress Reaction....Pages 279-288
Limits of Developing a National System of Agricultural Extension....Pages 289-298
An Accumulation Model for the Formation of Mini Black Holes....Pages 299-302
Back Matter....Pages 303-306

✦ Subjects

Mathematical and Computational Biology; Mathematical Logic and Foundations; Systems Theory, Control; Economic Theory; Developmental Biology