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FOREWORD ; PREFACE ; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PROLOGUE ; How Scientists Think ; 1.1. ONE SCIENTIST'S VIEW; 1.1.1. Changing Perspective; 1.1.2. Grand Visions; 1.2. POPULATION MODELS AND QUANTITATIVE REASONING; 1.2.1. Exponential Growth; 1.2.2. Saturation; 1.2.3. Chaos; 1.3. SOCIOTECHNOLOGY GROWTH AND MEASURED THOUGHT; 1.3.1. Evolution as Replacement; 1.3.2. Multiple Saturations; 1.4. ASSESSMENT; Uncertain: A Simple World View ; 2.1. NORMALCY; 2.1.1. Examples; 2.1.2. Drunkard's Walk; 2.2. THE IMPORTANCE OF LINEARITY; 2.2.1. Additive; 2.2.2. Independent; 2.2.3. Practical. |
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2.3. THE NORMAL VIEW IS STRENGTHENED2.3.1. Sociophysics; 2.3.2. Psychophysics; 2.3.3. Medicine; 2.4. LINEAR AND RANDOM; 2.4.1. Evolutionary Science; 2.4.2. Inferences; 2.4.3. Handicapping; 2.5. STATISTICS, SPECTRA AND SCALING; 2.5.1. Oil Spill; 2.5.2. Normal Modeling; 2.6. REASSESSMENT; Unfair: A Complex World View ; 3.1. THE IMBALANCE; 3.1.1. Non-Normal Grades; 3.2. NON-NORMAL STATISTICS; 3.2.1. Quake Sizes; 3.2.2. Quake Times; 3.2.3. Power Grids; 3.3. FLASH CRASHES IN HEALTH CARE; 3.3.1. Hospitals; 3.3.2. Bursts; 3.4. VIEWS OF COMPLEXITY; 3.4.1. Prey-Predator System. |
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3.4.2. Generalizing Random Walks3.4.3. Nonlinear Dynamics; 3.4.4. Fractals; 3.4.5. Fractal Dimension; 3.5. THE TYRANNY OF EXTREMES; 3.5.1. Tipping Points; 3.5.2. Simple Extrema; 3.5.3. Complex Extrema; 3.6. HOW UNFAIR IS IT?; Unequal: A Matter of Scale ; 4.1. CRITICALITY AND MULTIPLE SCALES; 4.1.1. Time; 4.1.2. Space; 4.1.3. Decision Making Model; 4.1.4. Frequency; 4.2. SCALING MECHANISMS; 4.2.1. Hierarchical Effect; 4.2.2. Entrepreneurial Effect; 4.2.3. Allometry Effect; 4.2.4. Gambler's Ruin Effect; 4.2.5. Matthew Effect; 4.2.6. Modulated Fluctuations Effect; 4.2.7. Contagion Effect. |
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4.2.8. Criticality Effect4.2.9. Maximum Entropy Effect; 4.3. RANK ORDER; 4.4. WHY INVERSE POWER LAWS?; Complexity Management Principle ; 5.1. UNIVERSAL LAWS AND PRINCIPLES; 5.1.1. Measures of Influence; 5.1.2. New Principle; 5.2. APPLICATIONS OF THE NEW PRINCIPLE; 5.2.1. Habituation; 5.2.2. Leaky Faucets and Classical Music; 5.2.3. Global Warming; 5.3. PINK (1/F) NOISE; 5.3.1. Memory; 5.3.2. Decision Making; 5.4. NETWORK-CENTRIC WARFARE; 5.5. WRAP-UP; Apology for Complexity ; 6.1. SUMMARY OF CHAPTERS; 6.2. THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE ORGANIZATION; 6.3. A FINAL WORD; 6.4. EPILOGUE; References. |
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SUBJECT INDEX. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Life.
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Life. |
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Equality.
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Equality. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: West, Bruce J. Simplifying Complexity: Life is Uncertain, Unfair and Unequa. Sharjah : Bentham Science Publishers, ©2016 9781681082189 |
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9781681082172 (electronic book) |
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1681082179 (electronic book) |
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