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Using simple models this book shows how we can gain insights into the behavior of complex systems. It is devoted to the discussion of functional self-organization in large populations of interacting active elements. The authors have chosen a series of models from physics, biochemistry, biology, sociology and economics, and systematically discuss their general properties. The book addresses researchers and graduate students in a variety of disciplines.

From Cells to Societies: Models of Complex Coherent Action

1. Introduction.- 2. The Games of Life.- 3. Active Motion.- 4. Ridden by the Noise ....- 5. Dynamics with Delays and Expectations.- 6. Mutual Synchronization.- 7. Dynamical Clustering..- 8. Hierarchical Organization.- 9. Dynamics and Evolution of Networks..- References.