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Jumarie, Guy |
Relative Information |
I01252 |
1990 |
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| 792 |
Albeverio, Sergio |
Stochastic Processes in Classical and Quantum Systems |
I01248 |
1986 |
eBook |
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| 793 |
Helbing, D |
Quantitative Sociodynamics |
I01246 |
1995 |
eBook |
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| 794 |
Bunde, Armin |
Fractals and Disordered Systems |
I01240 |
1996 |
eBook |
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| 795 |
M??ller, Berndt |
Neural Networks |
I01231 |
1995 |
eBook |
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| 796 |
Kubo, Ryogo |
Statistical Physics II |
I01184 |
1991 |
eBook |
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| 797 |
Peters, Norbert |
Reduced Kinetic Mechanisms for Applications in Combustion Systems |
I01174 |
1993 |
eBook |
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| 798 |
Brenig, Wilhelm |
Statistical Theory of Heat |
I01152 |
1989 |
eBook |
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| 799 |
Baus, Marc |
Observation, Prediction and Simulation of Phase Transitions in Complex Fluids |
I01148 |
1995 |
eBook |
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| 800 |
Jou, David |
Extended Irreversible Thermodynamics |
I01137 |
1993 |
eBook |
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| Title | Relative Information : Theories and Applications |
| Author(s) | Jumarie, Guy |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1990. |
| Description | XXII, 258 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | For four decades, information theory has been viewed almost exclusively as a theory based upon the Shannon measure of uncertainty and information, usually referred to as Shannon entropy. Since the publication of Shannon's seminal paper in 1948, the theory has grown extremely rapidly and has been applied with varied success in almost all areas of human endeavor. At this time, the Shannon information theory is a well established and developed body of knowledge. Among its most significant recent contributions have been the use of the complementary principles of minimum and maximum entropy in dealing with a variety of fundamental systems problems such as predic?? tive systems modelling, pattern recognition, image reconstruction, and the like. Since its inception in 1948, the Shannon theory has been viewed as a restricted information theory. It has often been argued that the theory is capable of dealing only with syntactic aspects of information, but not with its semantic and pragmatic aspects. This restriction was considered a v~rtue by some experts and a vice by others. More recently, however, various arguments have been made that the theory can be appropriately modified to account for semantic aspects of in?? formation as well. Some of the most convincing arguments in this regard are in?? cluded in Fred Dretske's Know/edge & Flow of Information (The M.LT. Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1981) and in this book by Guy lumarie |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642840173 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ACOUSTICS
2. Coding and Information Theory
3. CODING THEORY
4. COMPLEX SYSTEMS
5. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
6. EBOOK
7. EBOOK - SPRINGER
8. INFORMATION THEORY
9. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
10. Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems
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| Title | Stochastic Processes in Classical and Quantum Systems : Proceedings of the 1st Ascona-Como International Conference Held in Ascona, Ticino (Switzerland), June 24???29, 1985 |
| Author(s) | Albeverio, Sergio;Casati, G;Merlini, D |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1986. |
| Description | XI, 551 p : online resource |
| ISBN,Price | 9783540472223 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. COMPLEX SYSTEMS
2. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. QUANTUM COMPUTERS
6. Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics
7. QUANTUM PHYSICS
8. SPINTRONICS
9. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
10. Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems
11. THERMODYNAMICS
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| I01248 |
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| Title | Quantitative Sociodynamics : Stochastic Methods and Models of Social Interaction Processes |
| Author(s) | Helbing, D |
| Publication | Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 1995. |
| Description | XIX, 339 p. 79 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Quantitative Sociodynamics presents a general strategy for interdisciplinary model building and its application to a quantitative description of behavioural changes based on social interaction processes. Originally, the crucial methods for the modeling of complex systems (stochastic methods and nonlinear dynamics) were developed in physics but they have very often proved their explanatory power in chemistry, biology, economics and the social sciences. Quantitative Sociodynamics provides a unified and comprehensive overview of the different stochastic methods, their interrelations and properties. In addition, it introduces the most important concepts from nonlinear dynamics (synergetics, chaos theory). The applicability of these fascinating concepts to social phenomena is carefully discussed. By incorporating decision-theoretical approaches a very fundamental dynamic model is obtained which seems to open new perspectives in the social sciences. It includes many established models as special cases, e.g. the logistic equation, the gravity model, some diffusion models, the evolutionary game theory and the social field theory, but it also implies numerous new results. Examples concerning opinion formation, migration, social field theory; the self-organization of behavioural conventions as well as the behaviour of customers and voters are presented and illustrated by computer simulations. Quantitative Sociodynamics is relevant both for social scientists and natural scientists who are interested in the application of stochastic and synergetics concepts to interdisciplinary topics |
| ISBN,Price | 9789401585163 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. COMPLEX SYSTEMS
2. DECISION MAKING
3. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. GAME THEORY
7. Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences
8. OPERATIONS RESEARCH
9. Operations Research/Decision Theory
10. PROBABILITIES
11. Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes
12. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
13. Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems
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| Title | Fractals and Disordered Systems |
| Author(s) | Bunde, Armin;Havlin, Shlomo |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1996. |
| Description | XXII, 408 p. 54 illus., 25 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Fractals and disordered systems have recently become the focus of intense interest in research. This book discusses in great detail the effects of disorder on mesoscopic scales (fractures, aggregates, colloids, surfaces and interfaces, glasses and polymers) and presents tools to describe them in mathematical language. A substantial part is devoted to the development of scaling theories based on fractal concepts. In 10 chapters written by leading experts in the field, the reader is introduced to basic concepts and techniques in disordered systems and is led to the forefront of current research. In each chapter, the connection between theory and experiment is emphasized, and a special chapter on "Fractals and Experiment" presents experimental studies of fractal systems. This second edition has been substantially revised and updates the literature in this important field. It is pedagogically written and so will be useful for students, teachers, and scientists who want to become familiar with this facinating subject |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642848681 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. APPLIED MATHEMATICS
2. Chemistry, Physical and theoretical
3. COMPLEX SYSTEMS
4. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. ENGINEERING
8. ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS
9. Engineering, general
10. Mathematical and Computational Engineering
11. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
12. Polymer Sciences
13. Polymers????
14. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
15. Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
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| I01240 |
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| Title | Neural Networks : An Introduction |
| Author(s) | M??ller, Berndt;Reinhardt, Joachim;Strickland, Michael T |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1995. |
| Description | XV, 331 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Neural Networks The concepts of neural-network models and techniques of parallel distributed processing are comprehensively presented in a three-step approach: - After a brief overview of the neural structure of the brain and the history of neural-network modeling, the reader is introduced to associative memory, preceptrons, feature-sensitive networks, learning strategies, and practical applications. - The second part covers more advanced subjects such as the statistical physics of spin glasses, the mean-field theory of the Hopfield model, and the "space of interactions" approach to the storage capacity of neural networks. - In the self-contained final part, seven programs that provide practical demonstrations of neural-network models and their learning strategies are discussed. The software is included on a 3 1/2-inch MS-DOS diskette. The source code can be modified using Borland's TURBO-C 2.0 compiler, the Microsoft C compiler (5.0), or compatible compilers |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642577604 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
2. COMPLEX SYSTEMS
3. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. Neurosciences
7. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
8. Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems
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| I01231 |
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| Title | Statistical Physics II : Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics |
| Author(s) | Kubo, Ryogo;Toda, Morikazu;Hashitsume, Natsuki |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1991. |
| Description | XVI, 279 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Statistical Physics II introduces nonequilibrium theories of statistical mechanics from the viewpoint of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem. Emphasis is placed on relaxation from nonequilibrium to equilibrium states, the response of a system to an external disturbance, and general problems involved in deriving a macroscopic physical process from more basic underlying processes. Fundamental concepts and methods are stressed, rather than the numerous individual applications |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642582448 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. CLASSICAL MECHANICS
2. COMPLEX SYSTEMS
3. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. MECHANICS
7. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
8. Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems
9. THERMODYNAMICS
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| Title | Reduced Kinetic Mechanisms for Applications in Combustion Systems |
| Author(s) | Peters, Norbert;Rogg, Bernd |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1993. |
| Description | X, 362 p. 10 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | In general, combustion is a spatially three-dimensional, highly complex physi?? co-chemical process oftransient nature. Models are therefore needed that sim?? to such a degree that it becomes amenable plify a given combustion problem to theoretical or numerical analysis but that are not so restrictive as to distort the underlying physics or chemistry. In particular, in view of worldwide efforts to conserve energy and to control pollutant formation, models of combustion chemistry are needed that are sufficiently accurate to allow confident predic?? tions of flame structures. Reduced kinetic mechanisms, which are the topic of the present book, represent such combustion-chemistry models. Historically combustion chemistry was first described as a global one-step reaction in which fuel and oxidizer react to form a single product. Even when detailed mechanisms ofelementary reactions became available, empirical one?? step kinetic approximations were needed in order to make problems amenable to theoretical analysis. This situation began to change inthe early 1970s when computing facilities became more powerful and more widely available, thereby facilitating numerical analysis of relatively simple combustion problems, typi?? cally steady one-dimensional flames, with moderately detailed mechanisms of elementary reactions. However, even on the fastest and most powerful com?? puters available today, numerical simulations of, say, laminar, steady, three?? dimensional reacting flows with reasonably detailed and hence realistic ki?? netic mechanisms of elementary reactions are not possible |
| ISBN,Price | 9783540475439 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. COMPLEX SYSTEMS
2. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. Fluid- and Aerodynamics
6. FLUIDS
7. Mathematical Methods in Physics
8. Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation
9. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
10. PHYSICS
11. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
12. THERMODYNAMICS
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| Title | Statistical Theory of Heat : Nonequilibrium Phenomena |
| Author(s) | Brenig, Wilhelm |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1989. |
| Description | XI, 290 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This text on the statistical theory of nonequilibrium phenomena grew out of lecture notes for courses on advanced statistical mechanics that were held more or less regularly at the Physics Department of the Technical University in Munich. My aim in these lectures was to incorporate various developments of many-body theory made during the last 20-30 years, in particular the correlation function approach, not just as an "extra" alongside the more "classical" results; I tried to use this approach as a unifying concept for the presentation of older as well as more recent results. I think that after so many excellent review articles and advanced treatments, correlation functions and memory kernels are as much a matter of course in nonequilibrium statistical physics as partition functions are in equilibrium theory, and should be used as such in regular courses and textbooks. The relations between correlation functions and earlier vehicles for the formulation of nonequilibrium theory such as kinetic equations, master equations, Onsager's theory, etc. , are discussed in detail in this volume. Since today there is growing interest in nonlinear phenomena I have included several chapters on related problems. There is some nonlinear response theory, some results on phenomenological nonlinear equations and some microscopic applications of the nonlinear response formalism. The main focus, however, is on the linear regime |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642746857 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. COMPLEX SYSTEMS
2. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
6. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
7. Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems
8. THERMODYNAMICS
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| Title | Observation, Prediction and Simulation of Phase Transitions in Complex Fluids |
| Author(s) | Baus, Marc;Rull, L.F;Ryckaert, Jean-Paul |
| Publication | Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 1995. |
| Description | XVII, 664 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Observation, Prediction and Simulation of Phase Transitions in Complex Fluids presents an overview of the phase transitions that occur in a variety of soft-matter systems: colloidal suspensions of spherical or rod-like particles and their mixtures, directed polymers and polymer blends, colloid--polymer mixtures, and liquid-forming mesogens. This modern and fascinating branch of condensed matter physics is presented from three complementary viewpoints. The first section, written by experimentalists, emphasises the observation of basic phenomena (by light scattering, for example). The second section, written by theoreticians, focuses on the necessary theoretical tools (density functional theory, path integrals, free energy expansions). The third section is devoted to the results of modern simulation techniques (Gibbs ensemble, free energy calculations, configurational bias Monte Carlo). The interplay between the disciplines is clearly illustrated. For all those interested in modern research in equilibrium statistical mechanics |
| ISBN,Price | 9789401100656 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. COMPLEX SYSTEMS
2. CONDENSED MATTER
3. CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
4. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
8. Polymer Sciences
9. Polymers????
10. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
11. Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems
12. Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics
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| Title | Extended Irreversible Thermodynamics |
| Author(s) | Jou, David;Casas-Vazquez, Jose;Lebon, Georgy |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1993. |
| Description | XII, 319 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Classical irreversible thermodynamics, as developed by Onsager, Prigogine and many other authors, is based on the local-equilibrium hypothesis. Out of equilibrium, any system is assumed to depend locally on the same set of variables as when it is in eqUilibrium. This leads to a formal thermody?? namic structure identical to that of eqUilibrium: intensive parameters such as temperature, pressure and chemical potentials are well-defined quantities keeping their usual meaning, thermodynamic potentials are derived as Leg?? endre transformations and all equilibrium thermodynamic relations retain their validity. The theory based on this hypothesis has turned out to be very useful and has achieved a number of successes in many practical situations. of interest in going However, the recent decade has witnessed a surge beyond the classical formulation. There are several reasons for this. One of them is the development of experimental methods able to deal with the response of systems to high-frequency and short-wavelength perturbations, such as ultrasound propagation and light and neutron scattering. The ob?? served results have led to generalizations of the classical hydrodynamical theories, by including memory functions or generalized transport coefficients depending on the frequency and the wavevector. This field has generated impressive progress in non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, but for the moment it has not brought about a parallel development in non-equilibrium thermodynamics. An extension of thermodynamics compatible with gener?? alized hydrodynamics therefore appears to be a natural subject of research |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642974304 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. COMPLEX SYSTEMS
2. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
6. Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems
7. THERMODYNAMICS
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