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"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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Page, Scott E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2011.
Series:Primers in complex systems.
Subjects:
Social systems.
Cultural pluralism.
Complexity (Philosophy)
Cultural Diversity
Systèmes sociaux.
Diversité culturelle.
Complexité (Philosophie)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Cultural pluralism
Social systems
Systemteori.
Sociala strukturer.
Kulturell mångfald.
JSTOR-DDA
Multi-User.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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