Handbook of Research on Complexity

Handbook of Research on Complexity

Author: John Barkley Rosser

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781845420895

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Presents a comprehensive overview of applications of complexity theory in economics from some of the leading figures in the field. This title includes chapters that cover such topic areas as conceptual issues, microeconomic market dynamics, aggregation and macroeconomics issues, and, evolutionary and ecological-environmental economics. This book provides a comprehensive and current overview of applications of complexity theory in economics from leading figures in the field. The fifteen chapters cover such broad topic areas as conceptual issues, microeconomic market dynamics, aggregation and macroeconomics issues, econophysics and financial markets, international economic dynamics, evolutionary and ecological-environmental economics, and, broader ideological and historical perspectives on economic complexity.


Handbook of Research Methods in Complexity Science

Handbook of Research Methods in Complexity Science

Author: Eve Mitleton-Kelly

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2018-01-26

Total Pages: 642

ISBN-13: 1785364421

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This comprehensive Handbook is aimed at both academic researchers and practitioners in the field of complexity science. The book’s 26 chapters, specially written by leading experts, provide in-depth coverage of research methods based on the sciences of complexity. The research methods presented are illustratively applied to practical cases and are readily accessible to researchers and decision makers alike.


Handbook of Research on Chaos and Complexity Theory in the Social Sciences

Handbook of Research on Chaos and Complexity Theory in the Social Sciences

Author: Erçetin, ?efika ?ule

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2016-04-21

Total Pages: 485

ISBN-13: 1522501495

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The concept of “chaos”, and chaos theory, though it is a field of study specifically in the field of mathematics with applications in physics, engineering, economics, management, and education, has also recently taken root in the social sciences. As a method of analyzing the way in which the digital age has connected society more than ever, chaos and complexity theory serves as a tactic to tie world events and cope with the information overload that is associated with heightened social connectivity. The Handbook of Research on Chaos and Complexity Theory in the Social Sciences explores the theories of chaos and complexity as applied to a variety of disciplines including political science, organizational and management science, economics, and education. Presenting diverse research-based perspectives on mathematical patterns in the world system, this publication is an essential reference source for scholars, researchers, mathematicians, social theorists, and graduate-level students in a variety of disciplines.


The SAGE Handbook of Complexity and Management

The SAGE Handbook of Complexity and Management

Author: Peter Allen

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Published: 2011-04-06

Total Pages: 665

ISBN-13: 1847875696

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This is the substantive scholarly work to provide a map of the state of art research in the growing field emerging at the intersection of complexity science and management studies.


Handbook on Cities and Complexity

Handbook on Cities and Complexity

Author: Portugali, Juval

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2021-09-16

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13: 1789900123

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Written by some of the founders of complexity theory and complexity theories of cities (CTC), this Handbook expertly guides the reader through over forty years of intertwined developments: the emergence of general theories of complex self-organized systems and the consequent emergence of CTC.


Handbook on the Economic Complexity of Technological Change

Handbook on the Economic Complexity of Technological Change

Author: Cristiano Antonelli

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2011-01-01

Total Pages: 577

ISBN-13: 0857930370

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This comprehensive and innovative Handbook applies the tools of the economics of complexity to analyse the causes and effects of technological and structural change. It grafts the intuitions of the economics of complexity into the tradition of analysis based upon the Schumpeterian and Marshallian legacies. The Handbook elaborates the notion of innovation as an emerging property of the organized complexity of an economic system, and provides the basic tools to understand the recursive dynamics between the emergence of innovation and the unfolding of organized complexity. In so doing, it highlights the role of organizational thinking in explaining the introduction of innovations and the dynamics of structural change. With a new methodological approach to the economics of technological change, this wide-ranging volume will become the standard reference for postgraduates, academics and practitioners in the fields of evolutionary economics, complexity economics and the economics of innovation.


The SAGE Handbook of Interview Research

The SAGE Handbook of Interview Research

Author: Jaber F. Gubrium

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Published: 2012-02-11

Total Pages: 1132

ISBN-13: 1483305694

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The second edition of this landmark volume emphasizes the dynamic, interactional, and reflexive dimensions of the research interview. Contributors highlight the myriad dimensions of complexity that are emerging as researchers increasingly frame the interview as a communicative opportunity as much as a data-gathering format. The book begins with an overview of the history and conceptual transformations of the interview, which is followed by chapters that discuss the main components of interview practice. Taken together, the contributions to the handbook encourage readers to simultaneously learn the frameworks and technologies of interviewing and reflect on the epistemological foundations of the interview craft. The handbook has been updated to address recent developments, especially in qualitative interviewing. Twenty-six chapters are completely new; the remaining twelve chapters have been substantially revised to give readers access to the state of the art of interview research. Three entirely new sections include "Logistics of Interviewing," "Self and Other in the Interview," and "Ethics of the Interview."


Handbook of Systems and Complexity in Health

Handbook of Systems and Complexity in Health

Author: Joachim P Sturmberg

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-01-09

Total Pages: 941

ISBN-13: 1461449987

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This book is an introduction to health care as a complex adaptive system, a system that feeds back on itself. The first section introduces systems and complexity theory from a science, historical, epistemological, and technical perspective, describing the principles and mathematics. Subsequent sections build on the health applications of systems science theory, from human physiology to medical decision making, population health and health services research. The aim of the book is to introduce and expand on important population health issues from a systems and complexity perspective, highlight current research developments and their implications for health care delivery, consider their ethical implications, and to suggest directions for and potential pitfalls in the future.


Handbook of Research on Modeling, Analysis, and Control of Complex Systems

Handbook of Research on Modeling, Analysis, and Control of Complex Systems

Author: Azar, Ahmad Taher

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2020-12-05

Total Pages: 685

ISBN-13: 1799857905

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The current literature on dynamic systems is quite comprehensive, and system theory’s mathematical jargon can remain quite complicated. Thus, there is a need for a compendium of accessible research that involves the broad range of fields that dynamic systems can cover, including engineering, life sciences, and the environment, and which can connect researchers in these fields. The Handbook of Research on Modeling, Analysis, and Control of Complex Systems is a comprehensive reference book that describes the recent developments in a wide range of areas including the modeling, analysis, and control of dynamic systems, as well as explores related applications. The book acts as a forum for researchers seeking to understand the latest theory findings and software problem experiments. Covering topics that include chaotic maps, predictive modeling, random bit generation, and software bug prediction, this book is ideal for professionals, academicians, researchers, and students in the fields of electrical engineering, computer science, control engineering, robotics, power systems, and biomedical engineering.