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Diversity and complexity /

"This book provides an introduction to the role of diversity in complex adaptive systems. A complex system--such as an economy or a tropical ecosystem--consists of interacting adaptive entities that produce dynamic patterns and structures. Diversity plays a different role in a complex system th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Page, Scott E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2011.
Colección:Primers in complex systems.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • On diversity and complexity
  • Measuring diversity
  • The creation and evolution of diversity
  • Constraints on diversity
  • Variation in complex systems
  • Diversity's inescapable benefits I : averaging
  • Diversity's inescapable benefits II : diminishing returns to types
  • Diversity's impact in complex systems
  • Parting thoughts.