What is a complex system?

2012/06/18 by James Ladyman, James Lambert, James H. Lambert +1 · 3 citations
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Artificial intelligence #Complex Network Analysis Techniques #Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis #Complex system #Computer science #Data science #Epistemology #Field (mathematics) #Management science #Mathematics #Philosophy of science #Rigour #Set (abstract data type) #Statistical Mechanics and Entropy #Taxonomy (biology)

paper · doi:10.1007/s13194-012-0056-8

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