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Lynn Nadel, Daniel L. Stein, eds.
1990 Lectures in Complex Systems.
Addison Wesley. 1991

Contents

• Walter Fontana. Functional self-organization in complex systems. 1991
• Wing Yim Tam. Pattern formation in chemical systems: roles of open reactors. 1991
• Charles R. Doering. Modeling complex systems: stochastic processes, stochastic differential equations, and Fokker-Planck equations. 1991
• Bruce Bayly. Complexity in fluids. 1991
• Sidney R. Nagel. Experimental analysis of disordered systems. 1991
• Joseph F. Traub, H. Wozniakowski. Theory and applications of information-based complexity. 1991
• Andrew G. Barto. Some learning tasks from a control perspective. 1991
• Z. Hasan. Moving a human or robot arm with many degrees of freedom: issues and ideas. 1991
• Timothy R. Thomas, Mychael Trong Vo. Control of tongue movement dynamics. 1991
• Leif H. Finkel, Gerald M. Edelman. Models of somatotopic map organization. 1991
• Richard E. Michod. Sex and evolution. 1991
• Mark E. Nelson, James M. Bower. Dynamics of neural excitability. 1991
• M. A. V. Gremillion. Linking structure and function: information processing in the brain. 1991
• Hans B. Sieburg. Physiological studies in silico. 1991
• Andre Longtin. Nonlinear dynamics of neural delayed feedback. 1991
• Stuart A. Kauffman. Random grammars: a new class of models for functional integration and transformation in the biological, neural, and social sciences. 1991
• Andreas S. Weigend, Bernardo A. Huberman, David E. Rumelhart. Forecasting chaotic computational ecosystems. 1991
• Russel E. Caflisch. Singularities for complex hyperbolic equations. 1991
• Kevin Atteson. An overview of the minimum description length principle. 1991
• Joseph L. Breeden, Alfred Hubler. Equations of motion from data with hidden variables. 1991
• John C. Crepeau. Spectral entropy and self-organization. 1991
• Daniel R. Greening. Asynchronous parallel simulated annealing. 1991
• J. A. Hoffnagle, L. G. Reyna, J. R. Sobehart. Dynamics of a trapped ion driven by stochastic optical processes. 1991
• Jan E. Hutson. Undecidability in an adaptive system. 1991
• Jerome Losson. Bifurcations and chaos in a paradigm equation for delayed mixed feedback. 1991
• Nicholas Provatas. Asymptotic periodicity in one-dimensional maps. 1991
• Albert J. Wong. Theme and variations: spin glasses, neural networks, and prebiotic evolution. 1991

H. Fred Nijhout, Lynn Nadel, Daniel L. Stein, eds.
Pattern Formation in the Physical and Biological Sciences.
Addison-Wesley. 1997

Contents

• Alan C. Newell. The Dynamics and Analysis of Patterns. 1989
• H. Fred Nijhout. Pattern and Process. 1997
• Aviv Bergman. Self-Organization by Simulated Evolution. 1990
• Leif H. Finkel. Limiting Assumptions in Models of Somatotopic Map Organization. 1991
• Walter Fontana. Functional self-organization in complex systems. 1991
• Raymond E. Goldstein. Nonlinear Dynamics of Pattern Formation in Physics and Biology. 1993
• Charles M. Gray. Synchronous Oscillations in Neuronal Systems: Mechanisms and Functions. 1994
• Bernardo A. Huberman, Tad Hogg. The Emergence of Computational Ecologies. 1993
• Erica Jen. Preimages and Forecasting for Cellular Automata. 1990
• Joel L. Lebowitz, Christian Maes, E. R. Speer. Probablistic Cellular Automata: Some Statistical Mechanical Considerations. 1990
• Wentian Li. Nonlocal Cellular Automata. 1992
• H. Fred Nijhout. Pattern Formation in Biological Systems. 1992
• Carla J. Shatz. Impulse Activity and the Patterning of Connections During CNS Development. 1990
• Wing Yim Tam. Pattern formation in chemical systems: roles of open reactors. 1991
• Neil A. Gershenfeld, Andreas S. Weigend. The Future of Time Series: Learning and Understanding. 1994

Lynn Nadel, Daniel L. Stein, eds.
1993 Lectures in Complex Systems.
Addison Wesley. 1995

Contents

• S. N. Coppersmith. Complex Structures and Dynamics in Condensed Matter Systems. 1995
• Catherine A. Macken, Peter F. Stadler. Evolution on Fitness Landscapes. 1995
• Bartlett Mel. Information Processing in Dendritic Trees. 1995
• B. Kean Sawhill. Self-Organized Criticality and Complexity Theory. 1995
• Olaf Sporns. Neural Models of Perception and Behavior. 1995
• Randall Tagg. Instabilities and the Origin of Complexity in Fluid Flows. 1995
• Kurt Thearling. Massively Parallel Architectures and Algorithms for Time Series Analysis. 1995
• Eric J. Anderson. Numerical Investigations of the Krugman Population Model. 1995
• Philip E. Auerswald, Jan Tai Tsung Kim. Transitional Dynamics in a Model of Economic Geography. 1995
• Ann M. Bell. Dynamically Interdependent Preferences in a Lattice Economy. 1995
• Rajarshi Das. Evolution in Cellular Automata Rule Space. 1995
• Gyongyi Gadl. Prediction of External Stimuli from Neuronal Responses. 1995
• Liane M. Gabora. Meme and Variations: A Computational Model of Cultural Evolution. 1995
• Maureane Hoffman, William Fortin, Arjendu K. Pattanayak, Douglas M. Monroe. Blood Coagulation is a Complex System. 1995
• Jan Tai Tsung Kim. Using Distance Distributions to Measure Complexity of Populations. 1995
• James E. Kittock. Emergent Conventions and the Structure of Multiagent Systems. 1995
• Jose Lobo. Stochastic Fluctuations, Noise-Induced Transitions, and the Blowtorch Theorem: Does Noise Matter in Economics. 1995
• Brett McDonnel. An Introductory Note on the Krugman Spatial Model. 1995
• Arjendu K. Pattanayak, Alfred Hubler. Cellular Automata with Changing Radii: A Model for Intraspecific Computation in Plant Populations. 1995
• S. L. Pepke. Dynamical Models of Earthquake Faults and Forecasting in Complex Systems. 1995
• William Sulis. Driven Cellular Automata. 1995
• Manfred Tacker, Peter F. Stadler. RNA: Genotype and Phenotype. 1995
• Patrick Tufts. Parallel Case Evaluation for Genetic Programming. 1995
• Ken Umeno. Singular Point. Analysis and Nonintegrable Hamiltonian Systems. 1995
• Andreas Wagner. Reductionism in Evolutionary Biology: A Perceptional Artifact?. 1995