| Micro Meso Macro: Addressing Complex Systems Couplings Contributor(s): Liljenstrom, Hans (Editor), Svedin, Uno (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9812389180 ISBN-13: 9789812389183 Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $171.95 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Mechanics - Dynamics - Science | Chaotic Behavior In Systems - Science | Life Sciences - Biology |
| Dewey: 003 |
| LCCN: 2005283944 |
| Physical Information: 376 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the domain of science concerned with systems structure and behavior, the issue of the relationship between the micro and the macro level is of key importance. This book concentrates on the interplay between these levels and has a special focus on the level "in between" -- the meso level.An investigation of those links is made through a number of cases from different domains of science, including physics, chemistry, ecology, social science, economics and technology. What is evident is that there are facets regarding meso-level issues that are similar between cases, but also that the domains differ in various ways. This is particularly exemplified by the differences in perspectives from which the natural and social sciences deal with scaling issues. The various examples provided in this book mirror its overriding theme: systems complexity. |