Why We Live in Hierarchies? A Quantitative Treatise /

This book systematically interprets and documents new, unifying principles and basic laws describing the most relevant aspects of hierarchy. To do so, it discusses recent experiments and models that are simple and realistic enough to reproduce the observations, and develops concepts for a better und...

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1. Verfasser: Zafeiris, Anna (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Ausgabe:1st ed. 2018.
Schriftenreihe:SpringerBriefs in Complexity,
Schlagworte:
Physics.
System theory.
Computational complexity.
Statistical physics.
Science-Social aspects.
ISBN:9783319704838
ISSN:2191-5326
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction
  • General considerations
  • Motivation
  • Hierarchical structures in space and in networks
  • Definitions and Basic Concepts
  • Describing hierarchical structures
  • Visualization techniques
  • Observations and measurements
  • Animal groups
  • Hierarchy in Humans
  • Experiments on the emergence and function
  • The Liskaland camp experiment
  • Picturask
  • Modelling emergence and control
  • Emergence of hierarchy in model systems
  • The complex efficiency landscape of hierarchical organizations
  • Controlling hierarchical networks
  • Conclusions
  • General features of hierarchical structures
  • Origins of flow hierarchy
  • Emergence of hierarchy.

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