Here are a few bibliographies: http://www.psych.lse.ac.uk/complexity/bibliography.htm http://www.santafe.edu/~jpc/EvDynBib.html http://www.barn.org/FILES/eybiblio.html
-Shawn > One problem with the seminal papers on complexity is that they don't > connect. Take the foundational works of H.T. Odum, the systems > ecologist(1) or the cybernetic systems thinkers Ross Ashby (2) or > Norbert Wiener(3). It's hard to link them to other branches of complex > systems study like Prigigene's 'Exploring Complexity' or Wolfram's 'New > kind of Science' or Barabasi's 'Linked' (leaving out numerous important > others). As a consequence few people are aware of the general timeline > of complexity as a subject(4), and any timeline of the field is bound to > be missing major contributions. > > The problem seems is partly that the study of complex systems is > interdisciplinary, because systems are, and what happens is each > discipline goes off on its own tangent and acts like it is trying to > take over the subject as a whole, each vying to erase each other rather > than connect with each other. My work seems to be an example of an > attempt to link approaches, a new form of physics intended expressly for > use by any discipline, and incorporating unique useful pieces of what's > been developed from all the disciplines I've been exposed to. My work > may be 'odd' in more ways than that, but it's partly because I'm trying > to write in a common language that makes it look 'foreign' to every > discipline, so no one'll publish it... Catch 22! :-) > > (1) Odum: 1994 'Ecological and General Systems' (see > http://www.eoearth.org/article/Odum,_Howard_T.) > (2) Ross Ashby's 1947 'Ecological and General Systems' or his 1956 > "Introduction to Cybernetics" (& see > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Ross_Ashby) > (3) Weiner 1948 'Control and Communication in the Animal and the > Machine' > (3) complex systems thinking timeline from the cybernetics soc. > (http://www.asc-cybernetics.org/foundations/timeline.htm), > > > Phil Henshaw ¸¸¸¸.·´ ¯ `·.¸¸¸¸ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 680 Ft. Washington Ave > NY NY 10040 > tel: 212-795-4844 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > explorations: www.synapse9.com > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Owen Densmore >> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 7:38 PM >> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group >> Subject: [FRIAM] Seminal Papers in Complexity >> >> >> Several of us have been attending the SFI Summer School this year. >> One thing that has stood out for me is that there are very few >> appropriate texts on the detailed, seminal ideas within complexity. >> Either the books are "popular" or they are technical/formal enough, >> but without broad view of complexity itself. Indeed, they may be >> *too* advanced in their speciality for the broad use complexity >> wishes to make. >> >> One example today was the intersection of computational theory and >> statistical mechanics given by Cris Moore: >> A Tale of Two Cultures: Phase Transitions in >> Physics and Computer Science >> Here are the slides: http://www.santafe.edu/~moore/Oxford.pdf >> You'd be unlikely to find a book bridging algorithms, computational >> complexity, and statistical mechanics. >> >> This leads me to believe that seminal papers are likely to be a good >> solution for bridging the various cultures, hopefully with some that >> *do* bridge gaps between specialties. >> >> Sooo -- gentle reader -- this brings me to a request: I'd like to >> start a collection of seminal papers who's goal is to bridge the gap >> between popular books and over-specialized texts, which are formal >> enough to be useful for multi-discipline complexity work. This may >> be daft, but I think not. >> >> As an example, I'd say Shannon's 1948 paper A Mathematical Theory of >> Communication would be good. >> >> -- Owen >> >> >> >> ===========================================================> FRIAM >> Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> >> > > > > ===========================================================FRIAM Applied > Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
