Introduction to Complex Systems

Society, Ecology, and Nonlinear Dynamics

AvPaul Fieguth

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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This undergraduate text explores a variety of large-scale phenomena - global warming, ice ages, water, poverty - and uses these case studies as a motivation to explore nonlinear dynamics, power-law statistics, and complex systems.

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Utgivningsdatum:2018-04-29
Mått:155 x 235 x 20 mm
Vikt:546 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:346
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319830933

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Paul Fieguth is a professor in Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. He has longstanding research interests in statistical signal and image processing, hierarchical algorithms, data fusion, and the interdisciplinary applications of such methods, particularly to problems in medical imaging, remote sensing, and scientific imaging. With Springer he has already published a successful book on Statistical Image Processing and Multidimensional Modeling (2011).

Innehållsförteckning

1 Introduction.- 2 Global Warming and Climate Change.- Further Reading.- 3 Systems Theory.- 3.1 Systems & Boundaries.- 3.2 Systems & Thermodynamics.-3.3 Systems of Systems.- Case Study 3: Nutrient Flows, Irrigation, and Desertification.- Further Reading.- Sample Problems.- 4 Dynamic Systems.- 4.1 System State.- 4.2 Randomness .- 4.3 Analysis.- 4.3.1 Correlation.- 4.3.2 Stationarity.- 4.3.3 Transformations.- Case Study 4: Water Levels of the Oceans and Great Lakes.- Further Reading.- Sample Problems.- 5 Linear Systems.- 5.1 Linearity.- 5.2 Modes.- 5.3 System Coupling.- 5.4 Dynamics.- 5.5 Non-Normal Systems.- Case Study 5: System Decoupling.- Further Reading.- Sample Problems.- 6 Nonlinear Dynamic Systems – Uncoupled.- 6.1 Simple Dynamics.- 6.2 Bifurcations.- 6.3 Hysteresis and Catastrophes.- 6.4 System Behaviour near Folds.- 6.5 Overview.- Case Study 6: Climate and Hysteresis.- Further Reading.- Sample Problems.- 7 Nonlinear Dynamic Systems – Coupled.-7.1 Linearization.- 7.2 2D Nonlinear Systems.- 7.3 Limit Cycles and Bifurcations.- Case Study 7: Geysers, Earthquakes, and Limit Cycles.- Further Reading.- Sample Problems.- 8 Spatial Systems.- 8.1 PDEs.- 8.2 PDEs & Earth Systems.- 8.3 Discretization.- 8.4 Spatial Continuous-State Models.- 8.5 Spatial Discrete-State Models.- 8.6 Agent Models.- Case Study 8: Global circulation models.- Further Reading.- Sample Problems.- 9 Power Laws and Non-Gaussian Systems.- 9.1 The Gaussian Distribution 9.2 The Exponential Distribution .- 9.3 Heavy Tailed Distributions.- 9.4 Sources of Power Laws.- 9.5 Synthesis and Analysis of Power Laws.- Case Study 9: Power Laws in Social Systems.- Further Reading.- Sample Problems.- 10 Complex Systems.- 10.1 Spatial Nonlinear Models.- 10.2 Self-Organized Criticality.- 10.3 Emergence.- 10.4 Complex Systems of Systems.- Case Study 10: Complex Systems in Nature.- Further Reading.- Sample Problems.- 11 Observation & Inference.- 11.1 Forward Models.- 11.2 Remote Measurement.- 11.3 Resolution.-11.4 Inverse Problems.- Case Study 11A: Sensing— Synthetic Aperture Radar.- Case Study 11B: Inversion— Atmospheric Temperature.- Further Reading.- Sample Problems.- 12 Water.-12.1 Ocean Acidification.- 12.2 Ocean Garbage.- 12.3 Groundwater.- Case Study 12: Satellite Remote Sensing of the Ocean.- Further Reading.- Sample Problems.- 13 Concluding Thoughts.- Further Reading.- Part I Appendices.- Index.