Author : Gregoire Nicolis
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9789814602129
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Chaos, Information Processing and Paradoxical Games by : Gregoire Nicolis
Download or read book Chaos, Information Processing and Paradoxical Games written by Gregoire Nicolis and published by World Scientific Publishing Company Incorporated. This book was released on 2014-09-26 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a self-contained survey of the mechanisms presiding information processing and communication. The main thesis is that chaos and complexity are the basic ingredients allowing systems composed of interesting subunits to generate and process information and communicate in a meaningful way. Emphasis is placed on communication in the form of games and on the related issue of decision making under conditions of uncertainty. Biological, cognitive, physical, engineering and societal systems are approached from a unifying point of view, both analytically and by numerical simulation, using the methods of nonlinear dynamics and probability theory. Epistemological issues in connection with incompleteness and self-reference are also addressed.