Table of Contents

Concepts for Complexity Modelling.- Models and Simulations in the Historical Emergence of the Science of Complexity.- About the Predictability and Complexity of Complex Systems.- What Makes a System Complex? - An Approach to Self Organization and Emergence.- A formalism for multi-level emergent behaviours in designed component-based systems and agent-based simulations.- Emergence of Chaos and Complexity During System Growth.- Geographical Complex Systems Modelling.- Theory of Reaction-Diffusion and Emergence of the Geographical Forms.- Spatial risks and complex systems : methodological perspectives.- A new classification of catastrophes based on “Complexity Criteria”.- Community Swarm Optimization.- Dynamical Artificial or Natural Complex Networks.- Emergence of Growth and Structural Tendencies During Adaptive Evolution of System.- Complex emergent properties in synchronized neuronal oscillations.- Validation Of A Distributed ‘SmartSpace’ Architecture Through Simulation.- Transport and Traffic Flow.- A Decentralised Approach for the Transportation On Demand Problem.- Modelling Complex Intermodal Freight Flows.- Decision Support Systems.- Modelling the Complexity of Inventory Management Systems for Intermittent Demand using a Simulation-optimisation Approach.- Cooperative Medical Diagnosis Elaboration by Physicians and Artificial Agents.- AgentTime: A Distributed Multi-agent Software System for University’s Timetabling.- Emotion: appraisal-coping model for the “Cascades” problem.

Reviews

From the reviews: “This book contains a variety of perspectives on simulation models of complexity and emergence. It aims to give the reader new ways for studying emergence by using ‘complexity modeling’. … Overall, it is a useful set of chapters for the JASSS audience that is looking for new approaches and promising developments. … The advice for modeling and dealing with complexity … is very useful and can be helpful for many modelers.” (Emile Chappin, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, Vol. 13 (1), 2010)