1993 Lectures In Complex Systems

Lynn Nadel is head of the Department of Psychology, professor of psychology, research cognitive scientist, and deputy director of the Center for the Study of Complex Systems, all at the University of Arizona. Dr. Nadel, with coeditor Dr. Stein, organized the 1993 Summer School on Complex Systems. Daniel L. Stein is head of the Department of Physics and professor of Physics at the University of Arizona and external associate professor at the Santa Fe Institute. Dr. Stein organized the 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993 Summer Schools on Complex Systems, is a trustee for the Aspen Center for Physics, is on the Science Board at the Santa Fe Institute, and was an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow. Lynn Nadel is head of the Department of Psychology, professor of psychology, research cognitive scientist, and deputy director of the Center for the Study of Complex Systems, all at the University of Arizona. Dr. Nadel, with coeditor Dr. Stein, organized the 1993 Summer School on Complex Systems. Daniel L. Stein is head of the Department of Physics and professor of Physics at the University of Arizona and external associate professor at the Santa Fe Institute. Dr. Stein organized the 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993 Summer Schools on Complex Systems, is a trustee for the Aspen Center for Physics, is on the Science Board at the Santa Fe Institute, and was an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow.

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