1st Edition

Pattern Formation In The Physical And Biological Sciences

    458 Pages
    by CRC Press

    460 Pages
    by CRC Press

    This volume contains the best lectures from the Summer School Lectures volumes dealing with the theme of pattern formation. Topics include self-organization by simulated evolution, nonlinear dynamics of pattern formation in physics and biology, and the emergence of computational ecologies.

    About the Santa Fe Institute , Preface , Pattern and Process , Self-Organization by Simulated Evolution , Limiting Assumptions in Models of Somatotopic Map Organization , Functional Self-Organization in Complex Systems , Nonlinear Dynamics of Pattern Formation in Physics and Biology , Synchronous Oscillations in Neuronal Systems: Mechanisms and Functions , The Emergence of Computational Ecologies , Preimages and Forecasting for Cellular Automata , Probablistic Cellular Automata: Some Statistical Mechanical Considerations , Nonlocal Cellular Automata , The Dynamics and Analysis of Patterns , Pattern Formation in Biological Systems , Impulse Activity and the Patterning of Connections During CNS Development , Pattern Formation in Chemical Systems: Roles of Open Reactors , The Future of Time Series: Learning and Understanding

    Biography

    H Frederick Nijhout