Complexity Explained: A Grassroot Collaborative Initiative to Create a Set of Essential Concepts of Complex Systems.

TitleComplexity Explained: A Grassroot Collaborative Initiative to Create a Set of Essential Concepts of Complex Systems.
Publication TypeUnpublished
Year of Publication2019
AuthorsDe Domenico, M, Camargo, C, Gershenson, C, Goldsmith, D, Jeschonnek, S, Kay, L, Nichele, S, Nicolás, J, Schmickl, T, Stella, M, Brandoff, J, Salinas, ÁJosé Mart, Sayama, H
Abstract

Complexity science, also called complex systems science, studies how a large collection of components – locally interacting with each other at small scales – can spontaneously self-organize to exhibit non-trivial global structures and behaviors at larger scales, often without external intervention, central authorities or leaders. The properties of the collection may not be understood or predicted from the full knowledge of its constituents alone. Such a collection is called a complex system and it requires new mathematical frameworks and scientific methodologies for its investigation.

URLhttps://complexityexplained.github.io
DOI10.17605/OSF.IO/TQGNW