TY - BOOK ID - 358446 TI - Philosophy of complex systems PY - 2011 VL - 10 SN - 9780444520760 0444520767 9786613127600 1283127601 0080931227 PB - Oxford Waltham North Holland DB - UniCat KW - Philosophy of science KW - Nonlinear systems. KW - Nonlinear systems KW - Philosophy. KW - Systems, Nonlinear KW - System theory UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:358446 AB - The domain of nonlinear dynamical systems and its mathematical underpinnings has been developing exponentially for a century, the last 35 years seeing an outpouring of new ideas and applications and a concomitant confluence with ideas of complex systems and their applications from irreversible thermodynamics. A few examples are in meteorology, ecological dynamics, and social and economic dynamics. These new ideas have profound implications for our understanding and practice in domains involving complexity, predictability and determinism, equilibrium, control, planning, individuality, responsib ER -