awesome-complexity
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An awesome list of complex systems science resources
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Complex Systems Resources
A curated list of resources and concepts related to complex systems science and their applications in various fields.
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Concepts
- Attractor
A trajectory in the state space of a system in which it tends to evolve towards
- Autopoiesis
The ability of a system to create and maintain itself
- Chaos
Theory of chaotic systems
- Complexity
The subject of complex systems science
- Developmental Systems Theory
Theoretical perspective on biological development, heredity, and evolution
- Dissipative System
A thermodynamically open system far from thermodynamic equilibrium
- Distributed Control
A control system without a central supervisor
- Edge of Chaos
The transition zone between order and disorder
- Emergence
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts
- Fractal
Self-similar structure
- Hysteresis
Dependence of the state of a system on its history
- Holon
System that is both a whole and a part
- Network/Graph
Network with non-trivial topological features
- Phase Transition
Transition between states of matter
- Robustness
Ability to tolerate perturbations
- Self-Organization
The process where form arises from local interactions between parts of an initially disordered system
- Simulation
Imitation of the operation of a real-world process or system
Scientific Journals
- Complexity
Cross-disciplinary journal about complex adaptive systems (open access)
Blogs/Journals
- The Systems Thinker
Articles with a systems perspective on various topics
- Complexity Digest
News feed on complexity
- Fractal forums
Forum and discussion community about fractals
Societies/Communities
- Complex Systems Society
Scientific society for the study of complex systems
- Complexity research
Informal slack community for keeping up to date with new findings in complex systems research
- Complexity Adventures
Complexity community of practice (formerly known as Complexity Weekend)
Organizations
- New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI)
Independent academic research and educational institution
- The Vermont Complex Systems Center
Research and educational center (University of Vermont)
- Santa Fe Institute
Independent research and education center
- Institut rhônalpin des systèmes complexes - IXXI
Research center (ENS Lyon)
- Waterloo Institute for Complexity & Innovation (WICI)
Research center (University of Waterloo)
- Institut des Systèmes Complexes - Paris Ile-de-France (ISC-PIF)
An inter-institutional organization (CNRS unit) on complex systems research
Models
- Boids
Emergent flocking behavior
Models / Boids
- Craig Reynolds' Boids page
The creator's webpage with lots of links to multiple implementations
Models
- Cellular automata
Discrete compuation model
- Elementary cellular automaton
One-dimensional cellular automata
- Game of Life
Two-dimensional cellular automaton with emergent life-like patterns
Models / Game of Life
- ConwayLife
Community for game-of-life and similar simulations
- golly
State-of-the-art simulator
- Lenia
Continuous generalization of the game of life
Models
- Double pendulum
Chaotic motion
- Kuramoto model
Synchronization
- Barabási–Albert (BA) model
Algorithm for generating random graphs with preferential attachment
- Schelling's model
Agent-based model for segregation
- Ising model
Simple model that can show phase transitions
- Reaction-diffusion
Self-organization and pattern formation model
- Abelian sandpile model
Model showing self-organized criticality
Software / Freely to use or open source
- NetLogo
Multi-agent modeling environment based on the LOGO language. It comes with a very large library of toy models
- Simulus
ABM library in Python
- Swarm
A platform for agent-based models written in Objective-C, models are coded in Java or Objective-C
- Repast
Agent-based modeling and simulation platforms, models coded in C++ and Java
- MASON
Multiagent simulation library core in Java
- HASH
Graph and agent simulation platform
Hybrid Automata Library
Java library for hybrid modeling combining agent-based and partial-differential equation components
Software / Proprietary
- Stella
Modelling and interactive simulations
- Ventity/Vensim
Simulation software
- Cosmo Tech platform
Digital twins simulator software
Other Resources
- Complexity Explorer
Educational site with news/blog
- Map of Complex systems History
An impressive overview of the evolution of complex systems thinking
- Stanford Complexity Group
YouTube channel with videos from the group's events
Awesome Network Analysis
Resources for analysis of network data
Books
- Wiener, N. (2016). Cybernetics or control and communication in the animal and the machine.
The book introduced the term cybernetics to describe a self-regulation mechanism
- Scheffer, M. (2009). Critical transitions in nature and society. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press.
A nicely written and accessible description of the critical transition and related concepts
- Nicolis, G., Basios, V., & (Firm), W. S. (2015). Chaos, information processing and paradoxical games: the legacy of John S. Nicolis. Singapore; Hackensack, N.J.: World Scientific Pub. Co.
An edited volume of studies honoring the legacy of John Nicolis contribution to complex systems
- Newman, M. E. J. (2010). Networks: an introduction. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press.
A comprehensive introduction to network science
- Mitchell, S. D. (2013). Unsimple truths: science, complexity, and policy. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press.
The book introduces the perspective of integrative puralism as a way of understanding and studying the world
- Maturana, H. R., & Varela, F. J. (2008). The tree of knowledge: the biological roots of human understanding. Boston: Shambhala.
The book is an exposition of the non-representational vew of knowledge
- Mandelbrot, B. (2006). The fractal geometry of nature. New York: W.H. Freeman and Company.
Beautiful introduction to the world of fractals
- Kauffman, S. (2014). At Home in the Universe The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity. Cary: Oxford University Press, USA.
The book introduces in an accessible way the influence of concepts such as self-organization and the edge of chaos
- Gros, C. (2015). Complex and adaptive dynamical systems: a primer. Cham: Springer.
Technical and accessible introduction to a number of important concepts in complex systems science
- Downey, A. (2012). Think complexity. Needham, Massachusetts: Green Tea Press.
A hands-on approach exploring complex systems models with Python
- Boccara, N. (2014). Modeling complex systems. Springer-Verlag New York.
An overview of important mathematical models of complex systems
- Barrat, A., Barthelemy, M., & Vespignani, A. (2013). Dynamical processes on complex networks. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Dynamic models on complex networks
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