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Topics in the General Theory of Structures

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  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. E. R. Caianiello

    1. Dipartimento di Fisica Teorica, Università di Salerno, Italy

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  2. M. A. Aizerman

    1. Institute of Control Sciences, Moscow, USSR

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Part of the book series: Theory and Decision Library D: (TDLD, volume 1)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • E. R. Caianiello, M. A. Aizerman
    Pages 1-3

  3. Structure and Modularity in Self-Organizing Complex Systems

    • E. R. Caianiello, M. Marinaro, G. Scarpetta, G. Simoncelli
    Pages 5-57

  4. Hierarchy and Modularity in Natural Languages

    • Alberto Negro, Roberto Tagliaferri, Stefano Tagliaferri
    Pages 59-68

  5. Dynamic Approach to Analysis of Structures Described by Graphs (Foundations of Graph-Dynamics)

    • M. A. Aizerman, L. A. Gusev, S. V. Petrov, I. M. Smirnova, L. A. Tenenbaum
    Pages 69-136

  6. Structural Properties of Voting Systems

    • Mark A. Aizerman, Fouad T. Aleskerov
    Pages 137-148

  7. Application of Predicate Calculus to the Study of Structures of Systems

    • S. V. Petrov
    Pages 149-156

  8. Tournament Functions in Problems of Collective Choices

    • V. I. Vol’skiy
    Pages 157-162

  9. C-Calculus: An Overview

    • E. R. Caianiello
    Pages 163-173

  10. On Some Analytic Aspects of C-Calculus

    • Eduardo R. Caianiello, Aldo G. S. Ventre
    Pages 175-181

  11. A New Method Based on C-Calculus for Some Problems of Cell Movement Analysis

    • Eduardo R. Caianiello, Huimin Lu
    Pages 183-197

  12. Systems and Uncertainty: A Geometrical Approach

    • Eduardo R. Caianiello
    Pages 199-206

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 207-208
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About this book

This volume is about "Structure". The search for "structure", always the pursuit of sciences within their specific areas and perspectives, is witnessing these days a dra­ matic revolution. The coexistence and interaction of so many structures (atoms, hu­ mans, cosmos and all that there is in between) would be unconceivable according to many experts, if there were not, behind it all, some gen­ eral organizational principle. s that (at least in some asymptotic way) make possible so many equilibria among species and natural objects, fan­ tastically tuned to an extremely high degree of precision. The evidence accumulates to an increasingly impressive degree; a concrete example comes from physics, whose constant aim always was and is that of searching for "ultimate laws", out of which everything should follow, from quarks to the cosmos. Our notions and philosophy have un­ dergone major revolutions, whenever the "unthinkable" has been changed by its wonderful endeavours into "fact". Well, it is just from physics that evidence comes: even if the "ultimate" could be reached, it would not in any way be a terminal point. When "complexity" comes into the game, entirely new notions have to be invented; they all have to do with "structure", though this time in a much wider sense than would have been understood a decade or so ago.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dipartimento di Fisica Teorica, Università di Salerno, Italy

    E. R. Caianiello

  • Institute of Control Sciences, Moscow, USSR

    M. A. Aizerman

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Topics in the General Theory of Structures

  • Editors: E. R. Caianiello, M. A. Aizerman

  • Series Title: Theory and Decision Library D:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3819-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1987

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-2451-9Published: 31 March 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8199-3Published: 05 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-3819-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 208

  • Topics: Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity, Complex Systems, Theory of Computation

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