Energy, Information, Feedback, Adaptation, and Self-organization The Fundamental Elements of Life and Society /

This unique book offers a comprehensive and integrated introduction to the five fundamental elements of life and society: energy, information, feedback, adaptation, and self-organization. It is divided into two parts. Part I is concerned with energy (definition, history, energy types, energy sources...

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1. Verfasser: Tzafestas, Spyros G. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Ausgabe:1st ed. 2018.
Schriftenreihe:Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering, 90
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ISBN:9783319669991
ISSN:2213-8986 ;
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Chapter 1. Life and Human Society: The Five Fundamental Elements
  • Chapter 2. Energy I: General Issues
  • Chapter 3. Energy II: Thermodynamics
  • Chapter 4. Information I: Communication, Transmission, and Information Theory
  • Chapter 5. Information II: Science, Technology, and Systems
  • Chapter 6. Feedback and Control I: History and Classical Methodologies
  • Chapter 7. Feedback and Control II: Modern Methodologies
  • Chapter 8. Adaptation, Complexity, and Complex Adaptive Systems
  • Chapter 9. Self-Organization
  • Chapter 10. Energy in Life and Society
  • Chapter 11. Information in Life and Society
  • Chapter 12. Feedback Control in Life and Society
  • Chapter 13.Adaptation and Self-Organization in Life and Society.