Nonlinear Dynamics in the Life and Social Sciences (NATO Science Series, Series A: Life Sciences Vol. 320) / Edition 1

by William Sulis, Irina Trofimova

Overview

This book features contributions of well known scientists working on Chaos Theory in Psychology and the Life Sciences. It includes empirical studies of neural encoding, memory, eye movements, warfare, business cycles and selection of time series analysis algorithms. There are theoretical chapters on emergence and social dynamics. There are clinical contributions dealing with the measurement of the quality of life in psychiatric patients, psychosis, the organization of self, the role of love in family dynamics. Finally ideas from non linear dynamics are applied to understanding the nature of creative processes. The book is accessible to beginning and seasoned researchers alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781586030209
Publisher:	IOS Press, Incorporated
Publication date:	02/28/2000
Series:	NATO Science Series
Pages:	417
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.70(h) x 1.20(d)

Table of Contents

	Foreword	v
Chapter 1.	Chaos Theory
	Applications of Chaos	3
	Entropy, Information and Ordering Criteria in Open Systems	13
	Stabilization of Unstable Periodic Orbits of Chaotic Dynamical Systems	33
	Chaotic Oscillations and the Genesis of Meaning in Cerebral Cortex	45
Chapter 2.	System Effects
	Quantitative Languages for Complex Systems Applied to Biological Structure	65
	Bridge from Classical to Quantum Theory of Open Systems	72
	The Neural Basis of Mental Representations: Nonlinear Perspectives	98
	Emergence, Radical Novelty, and the Philosophy of Mathematics	133
	Asymptotic Analysis of Traveling Fronts for Reaction-Transport Systems via Hamilton-Jacobi Formalism	153
Chapter 3.	Time Series
	Dynamical Data Analysis at the Turn of the Century	169
	Wavelet Analysis and its Applications to Time Series	176
	Nonlinear Analysis of 30-Second Sleep Stage Epochs	195
	Investigation of Variability of Indexes of Myocardial Contractility by Complexity Measures in Patients with Hypertension	204
Chapter 4.	Modeling in Life Sciences
	Principles, Concepts and Phenomena of Ensembles with Variable Structure (EVS)	217
	Numerical Study of Bifurcation Phenomena in Nerve Cells	232
	Realistic Modeling of Cardiac Arrhythmia	244
	Analysis of Rotating DLA-Clusters: Theory and Computer Simulation	253
	Online Estimation of the State and Parameters in Compartmental Models Using Extended Kalman Filter	262
Chapter 5.	Nonlinear Dynamics in Psychology and Social Sciences
	Three Centuries of Category Errors in Studies of the Neural Basis of Consciousness and Intentionality	275
	Universals and Specifics in Psychology	286
	Nonlinear Dynamics and Psychiatry	308
	Construction of System Dynamics from Multivariate Data	325
	Head-tracking Fractal Dynamics in Visually Pursuing a Virtual Target	333
Chapter 6.	Nonlinear Dynamics in Biology and Ecology
	The Complexity of Evolution	349
	The Gene Centered View of Evolution and Symmetry Breaking and Pattern Formation in Spatially Distributed Evolutionary Processes	360
	Nonlinear DNA Dynamics	369
	Chaos and Order in Spatially Structured Plankton Dynamics. A Theoretical Study	383
	Self-Organisation in Fish School	398
	On Certain Properties of Dayhoff Matrix Transformation	407
	Author Index	417