Information and Self-Organization: A Macroscopic Approach to Complex Systems

by Hermann Haken

Book Overview

The Challenge of Complex Systems.- From the Microscopic to the Macroscopic World ....- ... and Back Again: The Maximum Information Principle (MIP).- An Example from Physics: Thermodynamics.- Application of the Maximum Information Principle to Self-Organizing Systems.- The Maximum Information Principle for Nonequilibrium Phase Transitions: Determination of Order Parameters, Enslaved Modes, and Emerging Patterns.- Information, Information Gain, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642069576
• ISBN13: 9783642069574
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"