Introduction to Complexity and Complex Systems by Robert B. N... - 9781138113336

CRC Press

Introduction to Complexity and Complex SystemsAuthor(s): Robert B. Northrop\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: CRC Press\nISBN-13: 9781138113336, 978-1138113336\nSynopsis\nThe boundaries between simple and complicated, and complicated and complex system designations are fuzzy and debatable, even using quantitative measures of complexity. However, if you are a biomedical engineer, a biologist, physiologist, economist, politician, stock market speculator, or politician, you have encountered complex systems. Furthermore, your success depends on your ability to successfully interact with and manage a variety of complex systems. In order not to be blindsided by unexpected results, we need a systematic, comprehensive way of analyzing, modeling, and simulating complex systems to predict non-anticipated outcomes. \n\nIn its engaging first chapters, the book introduces complex systems, Campbell's Law, and the Law of Unintended Consequences, and m.