Modeling Complex Systems

The essential points of this first chapter are • The definition of a complex system • The notion of emergence • The definition of a model • The notion of dynamical system This book is about the dynamics of complex systems. Roughly speaking, a system is a collection of interacting elements making up a whole such as, for instance, a mechanical clock. While many systems may be quite complicated, they are not necessarily considered to be complex. Today, most authors agree on the essential prope...