This book presents fundamental theory methods and practical applications of gr...This book presents fundamental theory methods and practical applications of grey systems theory absorbing recent theoretical and applied advances and vividly presenting the overall picture of this new theory and its frontal research activities.more
One of the major contemporary challenges in both physical and social sciences ...One of the major contemporary challenges in both physical and social sciences is modeling analyzing and understanding the self-organization evolution behavior and eventual decay of complex dynamical systems ranging from cell assemblies to the human...more
The open access book covers a large class of nonlinear systems with many pract...The open access book covers a large class of nonlinear systems with many practical engineering applications. The approach is based on the extension of linear systems theory using the Volterra series. In contrast to the few existing treatments our...more
The ?eld of applied nonlinear dynamics has attracted scientists and engineers ...The ?eld of applied nonlinear dynamics has attracted scientists and engineers across many different disciplines to develop innovative ideas and methods to study c- plex behavior exhibited by relatively simple systems. Examples include: population...more
This monograph presents a systematic treatment of the theory for hyperbolic co...This monograph presents a systematic treatment of the theory for hyperbolic conservation laws and their applications to vehicular traffics and crowd dynamics. In the first part of the book the author presents very basic considerations and gradually...more
A collection of different lectures presented by experts in the field of nonlin...A collection of different lectures presented by experts in the field of nonlinear science provides the reader with contemporary cutting-edge research works that bridge the gap between theory and device realizations of nonlinear phenomena....more
This monograph is devoted to a new approach to an old field of scientific inve...This monograph is devoted to a new approach to an old field of scientific investigation freeway traffic research. Freeway traffic is an extremely complex spatiotemporal nonlinear dynamic process. For this reason it is not surprising that empirical...more
This monograph set presents a consistent and self-contained framework of stoch...This monograph set presents a consistent and self-contained framework of stochastic dynamic systems with maximal possible completeness. Volume 1 presents the basic concepts exact results and asymptotic approximations of the theory of stochastic...more
Adding one and one makes two usually. But sometimes things add up to more than...Adding one and one makes two usually. But sometimes things add up to more than the sum of their parts. This observation now frequently expressed in the maxim more is different is one of the characteristic features of complex systems and in...more
Based on findings of the Socionical research network this book examines two do...Based on findings of the Socionical research network this book examines two domains of applications: transport specifically traffic dynamics from the viewpoint of a socio-technical interaction and evacuation scenarios for large-scale emergency...more
Presents a unified view of nonlinear properties in several models from differe...Presents a unified view of nonlinear properties in several models from different scientific fields Includes a review of the theoretical state of the art in the study of dynamical systems Analyzes several currently topical issues in nonlinear science...more
The tremendous growth in the availability of inexpensive computing power and e...The tremendous growth in the availability of inexpensive computing power and easy availability of computers have generated tremendous interest in the design and imp- mentation of Complex Systems. Computer-based solutions offer great support in the...more
UnderstandingComplex Urban Systems takes as its point of departure the insigh...Understanding Complex Urban Systems takes as its point of departure the insight that the challenges of global urbanization and the complexity of urban systems cannot be understood - let alone managed - by sectoral and disciplinary approaches alone....more
Adaptive Switching Control of Large-Scale Complex Power Systems: Theoryand Ap...Adaptive Switching Control of Large-Scale Complex Power Systems: Theory and Applicationsmore
This book contains contributions by some of the leading researchers in the are...This book contains contributions by some of the leading researchers in the area of grey systems theory and applications. All the papers included in this volume are selected from the contributions physically presented at the 2009 IEEE International...more