21. CORDIS : ICT : Programme : Future And Emerging Technologies (FET) FP7 FET Proactive Intiative Science of complex systems for Socially Intelligent ICT (COSIICT) . European Conference on complex systems, ECCS 07 http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/fet-proactive/cosiict_en.html

CORDIS Important Legal Notice Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) - Cooperation Search Global Navigation: Calls Library FAQ Sitemap ... Contacts Path: Europa CORDIS ICT Programme ... FET-Proactive NANOICT Site navigation: Programme Future and emerging technologies FET-Proactive What is FET- ... Newsroom FP7: FET Proactive Intiative: Science of Complex Systems for Socially Intelligent ICT (COSI-ICT) What is COSI-ICT NEWS EVENTS PROJECTS ... RELATED INITIATIVES NEWS ICT FP7 Call 3: launched on 4 Dec. 2007 : ICT FP7 CALL 3: FET INFORMATION EVENT (deadlie for registration is 18 Jan.08) will be held on 24 January 2008 in Brussels including specific session on Science of Complex Systems for Socially Intelligent ICT LEAFLET ICT CALL 3 - COSI-ICT A WORKSHOP on the results of the FET FP6 Proactive Initiative "Simulating Emergent properties of Complex Systems" was held on 25th October 2007 in Brussels . DOWNLOAD 1st Year Cluster Review Report The purpose of this workshop was - to share the results of the 6 projects from this initiative explore the possibilities of collaboration amongst projects and assess the current situation regarding Complexity Science and its future challenges Position papers and Presentations available ONLINE FET COSI-ICT Workshop - 6 th October 2007 - Dresden (DE ) As part of the Eu showcase day at the and in conjunction with the Complexity Research Projects Forum, CRP.

22. X-bit Labs - PCMark Vantage: New Complex System Performance Benchmark We definitely need a complex system test, but this is where the problem emerges there are no reliable complex benchmarking suites yet. http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/other/display/pcmark-vantage.html

X-bit labs Home Editorial Hardware News ... Mobile Search Advanced search Services Print article Send link to friend Digg this Post to del.icio.us Post to Slashdot Information X-bit Labs for mobile users! Do not forget that we are running a special version of X-bit Labs web-site for users of mobile and handheld devices: http://pda.xbitlabs.com . Check out our news and articles from smartphones and PDAs to be always updated on the latest computer and technology news. Articles: Other PCMark Vantage: New Complex System Performance Benchmark Category: Other by Ilya Gavrichenkov Futuremark Corporation announced today the release of PCMark Vantage- hardware performance benchmark for PCs running 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows Vista. Our today’s article will be devoted to the peculiarities of the new benchmarking suite, installation and usage techniques as well as the results of three platforms on AMD and Intel processors tested in it. Table of contents: Installation and Registration Official Recommendations Launching the Benchmark and Adjusting the Settings Closer Look at PCMark Suite ... Conclusion Pages : The problem of choice that each of us inevitably faces one day is very closely connected with another problem: the comparison. The decision is especially tough when it comes to computers, because there are processors with different architectures, different classes of graphics cards, memory of different types, mainboards and storage solutions with different interfaces in the today’s market. Unfortunately, the technical specifications can not always give you a definite answer. And even if you already have an idea of what your future system is going to be like, there still remain a lot of more specific but not any less important questions to answer. What is more important: faster processor or faster graphics cards? What is faster: large memory capacity with slower memory chips or small memory capacity with faster memory chips? Will one high-capacity hard disk drive be enough or it would be better to have a few smaller-capacity HDDs in a RAID array?

23. School Of Physics, University Of Sydney: complex systems. The complex systems Group draws together researchers with interests in complex natural or artificial systems http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/complex-systems/

Welcome Information For Future Students Current Students Information About Complex Systems Brain Dynamics Plasma Physics Site Map ... Repository (local users) Contacts Complex Systems The Complex Systems Group draws together researchers with interests in complex natural or artificial systems: Brain Dynamics Plasma Theory Astrophysics The Group's research in these areas is primarily theoretical and computational, with strong interactions with experimentalists, observers, and industry. It typically involves investigating physics at scales ranging from microscopic to whole-system, then integrating these into overall theories that can be applied to understand real systems. Much of the Group's work involves nonlinear and random processes, and emergent phenomena that exist only when large systems are assembled from their constituent parts. Interdisciplinary interactions are also a key feature of our research, spanning a wide array of areas, including astrophysics, brain dynamics, complex and dusty plasmas, critical phenomena, nonlinear dynamics, space physics, and solar physics. The Group provides a highly stimulating working environment, with large numbers of Fellows, postdoctoral and Honors research students interacting on a regular basis, and a variety of vacation scholarships and special projects on offer to undergraduates. Computing facilities are excellent, with a multiprocessor machine on site, plus dedicated access to a 50 Gflop Beowulf subcluster at the AC3 supercomputer center nearby.

24. Understanding Complex Systems Journals, Books & Online Media | Springer Understanding complex systems New Forthcoming Titles. Understanding complex systemsFuture scientific and technological developments in many fields will http://www.springer.com/west/home/new & forthcoming titles (default)?SGWID=4-403

25. What Is A Complex System? What do complex systems look like? How does a complex system What type of behavior in a complex system is most interesting? Can we predict a complex http://www.eas.asu.edu/~kdooley/casdef.html

What is a complex system? What do complex systems look like? How does a complex system learn? What is inside a complex system? What part of a complex system is most interesting? What type of behavior in a complex system is most interesting? Can we predict a complex system? A nominal definition of complex adaptive systems Random Systems Lab Home Page This page has been accessed times. Thanks for visiting! Last updated 10.26.96

26. Nonlinear Dynamics And Complex Systems Theory (Glossary) First introduced by von Neumann in the early 1950s to act as simple models of biological selfreproduction, CA are prototypical models for complex systems http://www.cna.org/isaac/Glossb.htm

Nonlinear Dynamics and Complex Systems Theory Glossary of Terms A B C D ... Z A Adaptation Algorithmic Complexity Animats Artificial Life ... Autopoiesis B Backpropagation Algorithm Basin of Attraction Bifurcation Boolean Function C Cantor Set Catastrophe Theory Cellular Automata Cellular Games ... Coupled-Map Lattices D Dissipative Structure Dissipative Dynamical Systems E Edge of Chaos Emergence Entropy Ergodic System ... Evolutionary Stable Strategy F Finite Automata Fitness Landscape Flicker (or 1/f) Noise Fractals ... Fuzzy Logic G Game Theory Genetic Algorithms Genetic Programming Genotype H Hausdorff Dimension Hierarchy Holarchy Homoclinic Point ... Hypercycle I Inductive Learning Information Dimension Information Theory Intermittency ... Iterated Function Systems J K Knowledge Representation L Lattice Gas Models Life Game Limit Cycle Lindenmeyer Systems ... Lyapunov Exponent M Markov Process Maximum Entropy Mean-Field Theory Metastability ... Multifractal N Navier-Stokes Equations Neural Networks Nonlinearity NP-Hard Problems ... NP-Complete O Order Parameter P Pattern Recognition Percolation Theory Petri Nets Phase Space ... Punctuated Equilibrium Q Quasiperiodic R Random Boolean Network Reaction Diffusion Models Relativistic Information Theory S Scaling Laws Search Space Self Organization Self Organized Criticality ... Synergetics T Topological Dimension U Ultrametricity Universality Universal Computer Universal Turing Machine ... Unstable Equilibrium Adaptation Any change in the structure or function of an entity (say, a biological organism) that allows it to survive and reproduce more effectively in its environment.

27. Linking Complex Systems’ Design Principles - Avi Ma'ayan's Blog - Avi Ma'ay Connecting scientists worldwide, with blogs, forums, and groups. Social networking for scientists. From the publishers of Nature. http://network.nature.com/blogs/user/maayan/2007/10/04/linking-complex-systemsâ

nature.com homepage Jump to main content Jump to sitemap ... about the network Main navigation Global Nature Network Global home Global ... blogs Nature Network London Boston Avi Ma'ayan's blog Linking Complex Systems’ Design Principles Date: Thursday, 04 Oct ober 2007 - 17:20 GMT Survival of the fittest is a central design principle shaping complex systems. This concept is an outcome of competition . Competition is often not fair. Rich-get-richer is a growth process where the rich, the one having many relationships, central, essential, and fit, grows faster than the poor, lonely, unfit, weak, and less-connected. Growth in complex systems is often achieved by duplication-divergence . This known biological design principle is also common in economics or on the web. For example, car models, web-based companies, and software products grow through duplication-divergence, and where innovations play also an important role. Another essential concept is information transfer . Information is constantly flowing, commonly compressed decoded , and translated. Information is commonly intercepted by

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29. CSIRO Complex Systems Science Home Page The CSIRO complex systems Science activity was established as an emerging science area to explore and exploit the links between different applications in http://www.dar.csiro.au/css/

COMPLEX SYSTEMS SCIENCE EMERGING SCIENCE AREA Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation CSIRO Complex Systems Science The CSIRO Complex Systems Science activity was established as an emerging science area to explore and exploit the links between different applications in which complex behaviour arises from the interaction of simple components. About the centre What is CSS? Event calendar Announcements ... Site map Highlights (last update 28/03/07) Complex '07, 2-5 July, Surfers Paradise Modelling Human Ecosystems with Agents Agent Based Modelling Course, 18-28 June, Canberra New CSS Website under development Complex Systems in Focus New URL for CSS: www.csiro.au/css More of what's new Last update: 28 March 2007. Site contact: Dr Rachel Williams Rachel.Williams@csiro.au Phone +61 2 6242 1748 Use of this web site and information available from it is subject to our and Privacy Statement

30. Oxford University Press: The Internet As A Large-Scale Complex System: Kihong Pa The Internet may be viewed as a complex system with diverse features and many components that can give rise to unexpected emergent phenomena, http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/ComputerScience/ComputerNetworksDi

31. Smart S Laws Of Complex Systems (Development, Information Theory This paradigm appears to operate on all known physicalcomputational levels, including our universe itself as a complex system, which appears to be http://www.accelerationwatch.com/laws.html

32. Science/AAAS | Science Magazine: Sign In Often such complex systems are macroscopic manifestations of other systems that exhibit their own complex behavior and obey more elemental laws. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/318/5849/410

Jump to: Page Content Section Navigation Site Navigation Site Search ... Account Information , or Site Tools Note to users. If you're seeing this message, it means that your browser cannot find this page's style/presentation instructions or possibly that you are using a browser that does not support current Web standards. Find out more about why this message is appearing, and what you can do to make your experience of our site the best it can be. Site Tools Site Search Site Area Science Magazine Daily News Science Signaling SAGE KE Science Careers All HighWire Journals Terms Advanced Account Information Guest Alerts Access Rights My Account Sign In Site Navigation Readers Members Authors Librarians Advertisers Home Science Magazine Subscribe/Join AAAS or Buy Access to This Article to View Full Text. The content you requested requires a AAAS member subscription to this site or Science Pay per Article purchase. If you already have a user name and password, please sign in below. Mathematics and Complex Systems Foote Science 19 October 2007: 410-412 DOI: 10.1126/science.1141754

33. ScienceWeek These are complex chemical systems! It is worth considering to what extent artificial . However, although chaos is often associated with complex systems, http://scienceweek.com/2003/sw030124.htm

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34. CSIRO Centre For Complex Systems Science (Overview) The CSIRO Centre for complex systems Science supports a network of scientists who research complex systems, by providing opportunities for collaboration, http://www.csiro.au/org/CSS.html

About CSIRO Doing Business Publications Careers ... Contact Us Complex Systems Science Home Showcases Complex Systems Science Search all CSIRO Search this site Healthy Weight and Wellbeing for Children Total Wellbeing Diet Biotechnology Innovations for Industry ... Subscription Information Overview Key members of the CSIRO Centre for Complex Systems Science receiving the one-CSIRO award in 2006. CSIRO Centre for Complex Systems Science The CSIRO Centre for Complex Systems Science supports a network of scientists who research complex systems, by providing opportunities for collaboration, sharing of ideas and capacity building. The CSIRO Centre for Complex Systems Science Areas of research The CSIRO Centre for Complex Systems Science The CSIRO Centre for Complex Systems Science: hosts an Annual Workshop on Complex Systems Science provides opportunities for scientists to share knowledge, form collaborations and initiate new projects conducts programs to educate established and novice Complex Systems Scientists funds students and early career scientists who work on problems in Complex Systems Science coordinates meetings and workshops that focus on key questions in Complex Systems Science coordinates meetings and workshops that focus on analytical techniques such as Agent Based Modeling, Network Theory, Cellular Automata and Dynamical Systems

35. Complex Systems In many cases, it is not easy to recognize which components are in series and which are in parallel in a complex system. The network shown in Figure 4.15 is http://www.weibull.com/SystemRelWeb/complex_systems.htm

Complex Systems In many cases, it is not easy to recognize which components are in series and which are in parallel in a complex system. The network shown in Figure 4.15 is a good example of such a complex system. Figure 4.15: Example of a complex system. The system in Figure 4.15 cannot be broken down into a group of series and parallel systems. This is primarily due to the fact that component C has two paths leading away from it, whereas B and D have only one. Several methods exist for obtaining the reliability of a complex system including: The decomposition method. The event space method. The path-tracing method. Decomposition Method The decomposition method is an application of the law of total probability. It involves choosing a "key" component and then calculating the reliability of the system twice: once as if the key component failed ( R = 0) and once as if the key component succeeded ( R = 1). These two probabilities are then combined to obtain the reliability of the system, since at any given time the key component will be failed or operating. Using probability theory, the equation is: Illustration of the Decomposition Method Consider three units in series.

36. UCLA Human Complex Systems Degree Program Research and education in multiagent simulations of social phenomena. http://hcs.ucla.edu/

37. Complex Adaptive Systems Links The Economy as an Evolving complex system, II, Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity, Volume XXVII, AddisonWesley, p. 533-564. http://www.gemas.fr/dphan/complexLinks.html

GEMAS UMR CNRS 8598 Denis Phan Adaptive Complex Systems : some links dphan_at_msh-paris.fr Références bibliographiques sur la dynamiques des Systèmes Complexes maintenues par Denis Phan cette liste est indicative et n'a pas la prétention à l'exhaustivité. Dynamique des systèmes complexes adaptatifs Anderson P.W.,, Stein L. (1983) "Broken symmetry, emergent properties, dissipative structure, life: are they related ?" in Anderson P.W ed. Basic notions of condensed matter physics; p.263-285. Beckerman M. (1997) Adaptive Cooperative Systems Cowan G.A., Pines D., Meltzer D. eds. (1994) Complexity: Metaphors, Models and Reality , Proceedings Vol XIX, Santa Fe Institute, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA. Epstein J.M. (1996) Non Linear Dynamics, Mathematical Biology and Social Sciences Lectures Notes Vol IV, Santa Fe Institute, Studies in the Sciences of Complexity, Addison-Wesley pub. Co. Hofbauer, J., Sigmund, K. (1998) ; Evolutionary Games and Population Dynamics ; Cambridge University Press

38. Information Society As A Complex System The ISCOM (Information Society as a complex system) project is designed to develop a theory and methodology by means of which we may achieve a deeper http://www.iscom.unimo.it/

@import url(http://www.iscom.unimo.it/lib/editor/htmlarea.css); Information Society as a Complex System Main menu The Future of Cities - A brief introduction to ISCOM The ISCOM project Research activities International workshops and events ... CETRA Courses The ISCOM project Research activities International workshops and events Search courses The ISCOM (Information Society as a Complex System) project is designed to develop a theory and methodology by means of which we may achieve a deeper understanding of what "information society" means and how socio-political-economic structure is related to the ways in which new information, communication and control technologies are generated and used. To carry out this task, we propose to establish an interdisciplinary team of social and physical scientists, engineers, mathematicians, statisticians and computer scientists. The team will initiate research on a new, complexity-based agenda in social science, featuring a dynamic theory of innovation and an account of the emergence of scaling laws in corporate structure and urban systems; it will develop tools to implement this agenda in order to gain new understanding about our current information society; and it will apply this understanding to analyses of possible paths of social-technological development in the future. Available Courses The ISCOM project Project organization and partner universities Annual Report 2002-2003 Annual Report 2003-2004 ... - Reggio Emilia, 3-6 April 2005

39. Complex Systems Simulation 2003 This is the official webpage for the complex systems Simulation (CSS) course for the Autum 2006 Semester Block A, organized by the Section Computational http://www.science.uva.nl/~sloot/CSS

Section Computational Science Universiteit van Amsterdam Spring 2008 This is the official webpage for the Complex Systems Simulation (CSS) course for the Autum 2006 Semester Block A, organized by the Section Computational Science (SCS) at the Universiteit van Amsterdam Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Peter M.A. Sloot Students should check Blackboard Course Topics and Outline Intro modeling and Simulation of Micro- Meso -Macro systems (PS) L-Systems (PS) Random Walks and Diffusion (PS) Measuring Complexity with Fractals (PS) Boc Ising Small World Networks ( Boc Material: (see literature list below) PS : Lecture notes P.M.A. Sloot K.Christensen and N.R. Moloney Boc N.Boccara People In addition to the topics above (Lecturer Peter Sloot ), there will be 3 guest lectures for this course by: Dr. Leen Torenvliet (on complexity measures of simulations) Dr. Drona Kandhai and Drs. Qiu (on CA models in Finance) Dr. Alfons Hoekstra (on Lattice Gas models) Schedule For the schedule of the course please check Blackboard Time and Place Every Monday and Friday in block A, 1

40. Eightbar » Blog Archive » Complex System Modelling In Second Life Anyway, he has built an modeller in Second Life that, driven by external complex system information ,produces a self organizing atomic looking structure http://eightbar.co.uk/2006/10/11/complex-system-modelling-in-second-life/

Those custom Reeboks and the next party Bloc party Complex system modelling in Second Life I have known Turner Boehm in RL for a long while, so I was more than happy to see he enter Second Life with eightbar. He was straight in modelling and scripting as I would have expected. We had the dematerializing tardis a little while back, but now he has got serious as I indicated he would, not that Dr Who does not count as serious! Anyway, he has built an modeller in Second Life that, driven by external complex system information ,produces a self organizing atomic looking structure showing how (as in this case) multiple software systems could be interconnected. In full mode the model is able to be manipulated in realtime. I had seen the original as was impressed but after this SL update I popped to North East Hursley island and had a chat with Turner whilst sitting on this fabulous dynamically built structure. The elements and linkages have text associated with them to indicate the nodes and links in the model. The whole thing is very scaleable, imagine a whole sim full of 15000 nodes and links.

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