Coping with Complexity by Hw Gottinger
In this book I develop a theory of complexity for economics and manage- ment sciences. This book is addressed to the mathematically or analytically oriented economist, psychologist or management scientist. It could also be of interest to engineers, computer scientists, biologists, physicists and ecologists who have a constant desire to go beyond the bounds of their respective disciplines. The unifying theme is: we live in a complex world, but how can we cope with complexity? If the book has made the reader curious, and if he looks at modelling, problem recognition and problem solving within his field of competence in a more complex way, it will have achieved its goal. The starting point is the recognition that complexity is a well-defined concept in mathematics (e.g. in topological dynamics), computer science, information theory and artificial intelligence. But it is a rather diffuse concept in other fields, sometimes it has only descriptive value or even worse, it is only used in a colloquial sense. The systematic investigation of complexity phenomena has reached a mature status within computer science. Indices of computer size, capacity and performance root ultimately in John von Neumann's paradigmatic model of a machine, though other 1 roots point to McCulloch and Pitts, not to forget Alan Turing. Offsprings of this development include: -complexity of formal systems and recursiveness; -cellular automata and the theory of self-reproducing machines; -theory of program or computational complexity; -theory of sequential machines; -problem solving, cognitive science, pattern recognition and decision processes.-
Quantitative Methods for Portfolio Analysis
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Minimax Models in the Theory of Numerical Models
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Non-Classical Logics and Their Applications to Fuzzy Subsets
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Non-Antagonistic Games
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Polish Contributions to the Science of Science
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Stochastic Programming
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Expected Utility Hypotheses and the Allais Paradox
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Foundations of Utility and Risk Theory with Applications
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Papers in Game Theory
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Spatial Statistics and Models
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The Foundations of Expected Utility
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Theory and Decision
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Recent Developments in the Foundations of Utility and Risk Theory
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Non-Archimedean Utility Theory
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Game Theory as a Theory of Conflict Resolution
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Creating a Dialectical Social Science
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Philosophy in Geography
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Progress in Utility and Risk Theory
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Pragmatic Aspects of Human Communication
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The Methodological Unity of Science
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Praxiological Studies
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Developments in the Methodology of Social Science
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Macromodels of the National Economy of the USSR
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Instrumental Reasoning and Systems Methodology
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Decision Making and Change in Human Affairs
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Aggregation in Economic Research
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Decision Theory and Social Ethics
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Revolutions, Systems and Theories
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Determinants and Controls of Scientific Development
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Economic Information, Decision, and Prediction
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Politics as Rational Action
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Property and Power
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Essays on Ethics, Social Behaviour, and Scientific Explanation
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Morality and Universality
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Algebra of Conscience
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Operations Research in Progress
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Response Models for Detection of Change
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Urban Dynamics and Spatial Choice Behaviour
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Design of Management Systems in U.S.S.R. Industry
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| ISBN 13 | 9789400970267 |
| ISBN 10 | 9400970269 |
| Title | Coping with Complexity |
| Author | Hw Gottinger |
| Series | Theory And Decision Library |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Year published | 2011-10-09 |
| Number of pages | 244 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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