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Extended Abstracts Spring 2013

Complex Systems; Control of Infectious Diseases

Álvaro Corral editor Anna Deluca editor Francesc Font-Clos editor Pilar Guerrero editor Andrei Korobeinikov editor Francesco Massucci editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Birkhauser Verlag AG

Published:3rd Nov '14

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The two parts of this volume feature seventeen and six extended conference abstracts corresponding to selected talks given by participants at "Joint CRM-Imperial College Workshop in Complex Systems" and "Emergence, Spread and Control of Infectious Diseases" respectively, both held at the Centre de Recerca Matemàtica in Barcelona in spring 2013. Most of them are short articles giving preliminary presentations of new results not yet published in regular research journals. The articles are the result from a direct collaboration among active researchers in the area after working in a dynamic and productive atmosphere. Almost everything that is interesting and important for society is complex; here, examples scattered across science are presented in order to illustrate the cross-disciplinary richness of state-of-the-art complex systems research: fracture avalanches and rain showers that mimic earthquakes; highly organized graphs that account for processes in neural networks, metabolic networks, food webs, or language; models for DNA dynamics; or statistical methods to test complexity in the form of structure along many different scales. The mathematics is put to work for the modeling of the real system, and the models are kept at a minimum level to allow the understanding of the essentials of the real system. The book is intended for established researchers, as well as for PhD and postdoc students who wish to learn more about the latest advances in these active areas of research.

From the book reviews:

“The intended audience includes postdoctoral students, professors, and professionals in the field of mathematical research. … Each article has a brief introduction, with graphs, algorithms, and tables in the methods section, and ends with results/discussion. … The content and quality of this book is excellent. This is a valuable resource for researchers in the field of mathematics.” (Bhavesh Barad, Doody’s Book Reviews, March, 2015)

ISBN: 9783319081373

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 2234g

130 pages

2014 ed.