{"product_id":"9783540328315","title":"Understanding Complex Systems: Science Meets Technology","description":"\u003ch1\u003eUnderstanding Complex Systems: Science Meets Technology\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eBraha, Dan; Minai, Ali A.; Bar-Yam, Yaneer\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecent advances in science and technology have led to a rapid increase\u003cbr\u003ein the complexity of most engineered systems. In many notable cases,\u003cbr\u003ethis change has been a qualitative one rather than merely one of magnitude.\u003cbr\u003eA new class of Complex Engineered Systems (CES) has emerged as a result\u003cbr\u003eof technologies such as the Internet, GPS, wireless networking, micro-robotics, MEMS, fiber-optics and nanotechnology. These complex engineered systems are composed of many heterogeneous subsystems and are characterized by observable complex behaviors that emerge as a result of nonlinear spatio-temporal interactions among the subsystems at several levels of organization and abstraction. Examples of such systems include the World-Wide Web, air and ground traffic networks, distributed manufacturing environments, and globally distributed supply networks, as well as new paradigms such as self-organizing sensor networks, self-configuring robots, swarms of autonomous aircraft, smart materials and structures, and self-organizing computers. Understanding, designing, building and controlling such complex systems is going to be a central challenge for engineers in the coming decades.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2006-06-22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783540328315\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/3-540-32834-3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 386\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Berlin Heidelberg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45382480494732,"sku":"9783540328315","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783540328315.jpg?v=1774496281","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783540328315","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}