Integrative Systems Approaches to Natural and Social Dynamics: Systems Science 2000

Front Matter....Pages I-XXVIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Dynamics of Knowledge and Ignorance: Learning the New Systems Science....Pages 3-29
Chaos, Computability, Determinism, and Freedom: A Critical Analysis from a System-Theoretic Point of View....Pages 31-50
The Function of Systems Concepts — From Systems Theory to Systems Science....Pages 51-71
Fuzzy Aspects of Systems Science....Pages 73-81
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
On the Phenomenon of Bimodality in Aggregation Pattern Dynamics....Pages 85-94
Parameter Estimation in Nonlinear Systems with Dynamic Noise....Pages 95-101
Spatial Pattern Formation in a Simple Model of Consumer-Resource System....Pages 103-110
Scaling Laws for the Prey-Predator Interaction Rates....Pages 111-118
Active Motion in Systems with Energy Supply....Pages 119-142
Reconstruction of Human Liver Parenchyma with Computer Program....Pages 143-151
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
Recent Developments in System Ecology....Pages 155-169
GIS-Based Catchment Modeling....Pages 171-180
Hybrid Low Level Petri Nets in Environmental Modeling — Development Platform and Case Studies....Pages 181-201
An Empirically Based Approach to Self-Organization in Forest Ecosystems....Pages 203-222
Regional-Scale Groundwater Quality: Monitoring and Assessment Using Spatially Referenced Environmental Data....Pages 223-234
Mathematical Aspects in the Modeling of Urban Environmental Quality....Pages 235-248
Elaboration of Systems Hydroecological Monitoring of Aral Sea Basin....Pages 249-261
Information Theoretic Measures for the Maturity of Ecosystems....Pages 263-273
Semianalytical Spatial Ranges and Persistences of Non-Polar Chemical for Reaction-Diffusion Type Dynamics....Pages 275-285
Front Matter....Pages 287-287
The Uncertainties of Risk Communication in Knowledge Societies....Pages 289-303
Front Matter....Pages 287-287
A Dynamic Account of Rational Decision Making under Uncertainty: The Case of Risk Assessment in Hazardous Technological Systems....Pages 305-318
Assessing the Risk of Transgenic Crops — The Role of Scientific Belief Systems....Pages 319-327
Evaluation Methodology for Fate and Exposure Models....Pages 329-340
Quantitative Risk Assessment Applied to Fragmental Rockfall Hazard on a Rock Slope....Pages 341-359
Front Matter....Pages 361-361
On the Interrelation of Social, Economic and Ecological Systems — Theoretical Approaches and Policy Implications on the Feasibility of Comprehensive Sustainability....Pages 363-378
Dynamic Modeling for Consensus Building in Complex Environmental and Investment Decision Making....Pages 379-399
Multi-Agent Modeling of Resource Systems and Markets: Theoretical Considerations and Simulation Results....Pages 401-419
Integration of Social and Ecological Processes in Quantitative Models for the Management of Water Systems....Pages 421-435
Researching Alternative, Sustainable Agricultural Systems. A Modeling Approach by Examples from Denmark....Pages 437-467
An Approach to Define Sustainable Development Indicators....Pages 469-479
Modeling Sustainability — European and German Approaches....Pages 481-503
Constructing Knowledge Landscapes Within the Framework of Geometrically Oriented Evolutionary Theories....Pages 505-515
Front Matter....Pages 517-517
Self-Organization of Cognitive and Interactional Processes....Pages 519-537
Dynamics of Perceptual Representation....Pages 539-549
Embodied Cognitive Science: Concepts, Methods and Implications for Psychology....Pages 551-567
Changing Environmental Attitudes and Behaviors in Populations: Simulation Studies Based on Socio-Psychological Theories....Pages 569-577
Vision as Computation, or: Does a Computer Vision System Really Assign Meaning to Images?....Pages 579-587
Back Matter....Pages 589-593