Proceedings of the European Conference on Complex Systems 2012

Front Matter....Pages I-XVII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Aggregation and Emergence in Agent-Based Models: A Markov Chain Approach....Pages 3-7
Chemically-Driven Miscible Viscous Fingering: How Can a Reaction Destabilize Typically Stable Fluid Displacements?....Pages 9-13
Dynamical Localization in Kicked Rotator as a Paradigm of Other Systems: Spectral Statistics and the Localization Measure....Pages 15-21
 A + B → C Reaction Fronts in Hele-Shaw Cells Under Modulated Gravitational Acceleration....Pages 23-27
Effect of Limited Stirring on the Belousov Zhabotinsky Reaction....Pages 29-34
Size Distribution of Barchan Dunes by a Cellular Dune Model....Pages 35-38
Experimental Study of Buoyancy-Driven Instabilities Around Acid-Base Reaction Fronts....Pages 39-42
Dynamical Trap Effect in Virtual Stick Balancing....Pages 43-50
Bounded Capacity of Human Cognition as a New Mechanism of Instability in Dynamical Systems....Pages 51-56
Complex Systems with Trivial Dynamics....Pages 57-65
Advection of Optical Localized Structures....Pages 67-72
Comparative Analysis of Buoyancy- and Marangoni-Driven Convective Flows Around Autocatalytic Fronts....Pages 73-77
A Field Theory for Self-organised Criticality....Pages 79-86
Chaos and Non-linear Tools in Website Visits....Pages 87-91
Networks and Cycles: A Persistent Homology Approach to Complex Networks....Pages 93-99
Von Neumann Reproduction: Preliminary Implementation Experience in Coreworlds....Pages 101-106
Modelling Complex Multi-particle Transport: From Smooth Flow to Cluster Formation....Pages 107-115
Out-of-Equilibrium Dynamics in Systems with Long-Range Interactions: Characterizing Quasi-stationary States....Pages 117-121
Distance Ratio: An Exploratory Application to Compare Complex Networks....Pages 123-130
Traveling and Stationary Patterns in Bistable Reaction-Diffusion Systems on Network....Pages 131-135
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Searching Shortest Paths on Weakly Dynamic Graphs....Pages 137-144
Emergence of Long Range Order in the XY Model on Diluted Small World Networks....Pages 145-154
Role Detection: Network Partitioning and Optimal Model of the Lumped Markov Chain....Pages 155-158
Kinetic Limit of Dynamical Description of Wave-Particle Self-consistent Interaction in an Open Domain....Pages 159-164
The Emergence of Pathological Constructors when Implementing the Von Neumann Architecture for Self-reproduction in Tierra....Pages 165-169
Front Matter....Pages 171-171
A Preferential Attachment Model for Efficient Resources Selection in Distributed Computing Environments....Pages 173-178
The Challenge of Software Complexity....Pages 179-187
The Internet Geographical PoP Level Maps....Pages 189-194
Practical Approach to Construction of Internal Variables of Complex Self-organized Systems and Its Theoretical Foundation....Pages 195-200
An Efficient Simulator for Boolean Network Models....Pages 201-207
Inferring Information Across Scales in Acquired Complex Signals....Pages 209-226
On the α -Shiner–Davison–Landsberg Complexity Measure....Pages 227-233
State Space Properties of Boolean Networks Trained for Sequence Tasks....Pages 235-240
Towards a Deeper Understanding of the Complex Behaviour Observed in the Distribution of Words in Written Texts....Pages 241-249
Shared Information—New Insights and Problems in Decomposing Information in Complex Systems....Pages 251-269
Probabilistic Real Swarm Logical Gate....Pages 271-278
The Role of Complex Systems in Public-Private Service Networks....Pages 279-285
Revisiting von Neumann’s Architecture of Machine Self-reproduction Using Avida ....Pages 287-293
Decimation of Fast States and Weak Nodes: Topological Variation via Persistent Homology....Pages 295-301
Front Matter....Pages 303-303
Characteristics of Seismic Networks in Spatial Scales....Pages 305-308
Front Matter....Pages 303-303
You Are Who Knows You: Predicting Links Between Non-members of Facebook....Pages 309-315
Vulnerability Analysis of Interdependent Infrastructure Systems....Pages 317-323
Human Security—A View Through the Lens of Complexity....Pages 325-335
Mitigating Risks of Event Avalanches Caused by Climate Change....Pages 337-346
Reliable Probabilities Through Statistical Post-processing of Ensemble Forecasts....Pages 347-352
CoenoSense: A Framework for Real-Time Detection and Visualization of Collective Behaviors in Human Crowds by Tracking Mobile Devices....Pages 353-361
An Agent-Based Model for the Analysis of the Energy Sources Diffusion Dynamics....Pages 363-369
Complexity and Standards—Programming Innovation....Pages 371-381
The Right to a Due Deliberation, Mental Models of Judicial Reasoning and Complex Systems....Pages 383-397
MOSIPS Agent-Based Model for Predicting and Simulating the Impact of Public Policies on SMEs....Pages 399-413
Integrating Collective Decision-Making Models and Agent-Based Simulation....Pages 415-419
Agent-Based Simulation for Complex Social Systems: Support for the Developer....Pages 421-425
Coping with the Complexity of Cognitive Decision-Making: The TOGA Meta-Theory Approach....Pages 427-433
Front Matter....Pages 435-435
Computing Birth-Death Fixation Probabilities for Structured Populations....Pages 437-443
Modeling of Spatially Extended Delay-Induced Circadian Oscillations Synchronized by Cell-to-Cell Communications....Pages 445-452
Topology Drives Calcium Wave Propagation in 3D Astrocyte Networks....Pages 453-463
Modelling Spatial Dynamics of Plant Coastal Invasions....Pages 465-470
Dynamical Aspects of Information in Copolymerization Processes....Pages 471-475
Emergence of Gene Regulatory Networks Under Functional Constraints....Pages 477-482
Numerical Continuation of Equilibria of Cell Population Models with Internal Cell Cycle....Pages 483-488
Front Matter....Pages 435-435
Bistability and Oscillations in a Skeleton Model for the Cyclin/Cdk Network Driving the Mammalian Cell Cycle....Pages 489-495
Centrality Clubs and Concepts of the Core: Decoding the Communicative Organisation of the Brain....Pages 497-501
A Broader Perspective About Organization and Coherence in Biological Systems....Pages 503-510
Modelling Biological Form....Pages 511-522
A Novel Approach to Analysing Fixed Points in Complex Systems....Pages 523-533
Inquiring Protein Thermostability: Is Resistance to Temperature Stress a Rigidity/Flexibility Trade-off?....Pages 535-541
Finding Missing Interactions in Gene Regulatory Networks Using Boolean Models....Pages 543-551
Can Hermit Crabs Perceive Affordance for Aperture Crossing?....Pages 553-557
A Framework for Scalable Cognition....Pages 559-567
Multi-agent Simulation for Enzyme Kinetics....Pages 569-575
Front Matter....Pages 577-577
Fast and Accurate Decisions as a Result of Scale-Free Network Properties in Two Primate Species....Pages 579-584
How to Turn an Available Data-Warehouse into Interactive Visualization Tools for Stakeholder’s Empowerment....Pages 585-590
How Do Fish Use the Movement of Other Fish to Make Decisions?....Pages 591-606
Self-organized Flocking with Conflicting Goal Directions....Pages 607-613
Garden Ants Lasius Niger Perceive a Rotating Landmark....Pages 615-620
 In vivo, in silico, in machina : Ants and Robots Balance Memory and Communication to Collectively Exploit Information....Pages 621-628
Popularity and Similarity Among Friends: An Agent-Based Model for Friendship Development....Pages 629-642
Characterizing and Modeling Collective Behavior in Complex Events on Twitter....Pages 643-649
Majority Rule with Differential Latency: An Absorbing Markov Chain to Model Consensus....Pages 651-658
Computational Modeling of Collective Behavior of Panicked Crowd Escaping Multi-floor Branched Building....Pages 659-663
Front Matter....Pages 577-577
Spread of Disease During a Social Event....Pages 665-669
A Collective Binomial Learning Methodology....Pages 671-674
A Model for Social Network Evolution Affected by Individual Tolerance to Heterogeneity....Pages 675-678
A Stochastic Lattice-Gas Model for Influenza Spreading....Pages 679-685
Front Matter....Pages 687-687
CoopNet: A Social, P2P-Like Simulation Model to Explore Knowledge-Based Production Processes....Pages 689-697
Analyses of Group Correlations in the KOSPI and the KOSDAQ....Pages 699-704
‘Time is Money’: An Heterogeneous Agent Model for the FX....Pages 705-711
Anomalous Metastability and Fixation Properties of Evolutionary Games on Scale-Free Graphs....Pages 713-721
Constrained Graph Resampling for Group Assessment in Human Social Networks....Pages 723-730
Automated Synthesis of Reliable and Efficient Systems Through Game Theory: A Case Study....Pages 731-738
Evaluation of Latent Vocabularies Through Zipf’s Law and Heaps’ Law....Pages 739-743
Complex Systems in Organizations and Their Influence on Human Resource Management....Pages 745-750
Why First Movers May Fail: Global Versus Sequential Improvement of Complex Technological Artefacts....Pages 751-755
Market Opportunities, Customer Desires and Purchasing Selectiveness Modelling in Multi-layered Cellular Automata: A Study Case on Organizational Survivability....Pages 757-768
When Pig Meets Pencil: The Beauty of Complexity in Industrial Networks....Pages 769-774
Citation Networks Dynamics: A New Clustering Algorithm Using Recurrence Plots....Pages 775-784
Bio-inspired Political Systems: Opening a Field....Pages 785-812
The Family at the Center of Interdisciplinary Research in Complex Systems: A Call for Future Research Programs....Pages 813-818
Face-to-Face Discussions: Networking or Opinions Exchange?....Pages 819-826
Evolution of Fairness and Conditional Cooperation in Public Goods Dilemmas....Pages 827-830
Front Matter....Pages 687-687
Patterns in the Occupational Mobility Network of the Higher Education Graduates. Comparative Study in 12 EU Countries....Pages 831-838
Front Matter....Pages 839-839
Modeling Urban Patterns Across Geographical Scales by a Fractal Diffusion-Aggregation Approach....Pages 841-848
Generating Individual Behavioural Routines from Massive Social Data for the Simulation of Urban Dynamics....Pages 849-855
Spatial Externalities Approach to Modelling the Preferential Attachment Process in Urban Systems....Pages 857-863
Front Matter....Pages 865-865
Some Properties of Persistent Mutual Information....Pages 867-876
Front Matter....Pages 877-877
Demographic Fluctuations and Inherent Time Scales in a Genetic Circuit....Pages 879-892
Front Matter....Pages 893-893
Memory and Nonlinear Mapping in Reservoir Computing with Two Uncoupled Nonlinear Delay Nodes....Pages 895-899
Front Matter....Pages 901-901
What Networks to Support Innovation? Evidence from a Regional Policy Framework....Pages 903-912
Computational Complete Economy Models: A Model Class that Bridges the Gap Between Conventional Economic Modeling and Agent-Based Models....Pages 913-915
Front Matter....Pages 917-917
Malaria Incidence Forecasting and Its Implication to Intervention Strategies in South East Asia Region....Pages 919-926
Studying Disease Dynamics Under Diverse Population Structures and Contagion Scenarios....Pages 927-933
Stochastic Computational, Thermal, and Vertical Transmission Models to Simulate Dengue Persistence in Vector and Human Populations....Pages 935-939
Front Matter....Pages 941-941
Biham-Middleton-Levine Traffic Model in Two-Dimensional Hexagonal Lattice....Pages 943-948
Pesin’s Relation for Weakly Chaotic One-Dimensional Systems....Pages 949-953
An Agent-Based Sorting Model for City Size and Wealth Distributions....Pages 955-967
Characteristic Features of the Sustainable Strategies in the Evolvable Iterated Prisoners’ Dilemma....Pages 969-978
Lyapunov Exponent: A Qualitative Ranking of Block Cipher Modes of Operation....Pages 979-985
Front Matter....Pages 987-987
Improving Individual Accessibility to the City....Pages 989-992
Passification Based Controlled Synchronization of Complex Networks....Pages 993-996
Front Matter....Pages 997-997
Inertia and Hydrodynamic Interactions in Dynamical Density Functional Theory....Pages 999-1004
Front Matter....Pages 997-997
Effective Macroscopic Stokes-Cahn-Hilliard Equations for Periodic Immiscible Flows in Porous Media....Pages 1005-1010
Bound State Formation and Self-organization in Interfacial Turbulence....Pages 1011-1016
Front Matter....Pages 1017-1017
Dynamics of Artificial Markets on Irregular Topologies....Pages 1019-1031
Multiple Levels in Self-adaptive Complex Systems: A State-Based Approach....Pages 1033-1050
Information Filtering and Learning: From Heuristics to Social Eudaimonia....Pages 1051-1056
Front Matter....Pages 1057-1057
Modelling the Genetic and Epigenetic Signals in Colon Cancer Using a Bayesian Network....Pages 1059-1062
The Role of the Genome in the Evolution of the Complexity of Metabolic Machines....Pages 1063-1069
Can We Understand Parameter Values in the Human Genome?....Pages 1071-1076
Front Matter....Pages 1077-1077
Kinetic Theory of Two-Species Coagulation....Pages 1079-1081
Back Matter....Pages 1083-1096