science of complex systems
Project: Polytopia

The science of complex systems is transforming science and its role in society. Building on the traditional focus on the parts of systems, the new approach integrates the networks of relationships within and between systems. These relationships are responsible for the collective "emergent" behaviors we see in all physical, biological, socio-economic and technological systems.

Complex systems research can answer questions previously considered outside of the realm of scientific inquiry. This includes using science to understand human behavior, social interactions, and the consequences of policies and decisions of our society.


RESEARCH / PUBLICATIONS

• overview
  economics
  multiscale method
  ethnic violence
  networks
  healthcare
  evolution & ecology
  management
  systems biology
  education
  engineering
  military conflict
  development
  negotiation

Evolution and Ecology

NECSI’s research into evolution clarifies basic issues in evolutionary dynamics such as how altruism arises, the origin and characterization of biodiversity, as well as the interplay of evolution with ecology. Specific work addresses:

• Patterns in Space and the Dynamics of Evolution
  The gene-centered view as a dynamic version of the mean field approximation
  Biodiversity and spatial symmetry breaking
  Genealogical trees and biodiversity
  Estimating the diversity of a population from a sample
  Evidence for why reproductive fitness isn’t necessarily predictive of long term survival
  Environment modification and inheritance
  Origins of altruism, including altruism by social signaling
  Sewall Wright's shifting balance theory
  Celllular automata models of evolutionary self-replication
  

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