Stochastic Phenomena and Chaotic Behaviour in Complex Systems: Proceedings of the Fourth Meeting of the UNESCO Working Group on Systems Analysis Flattnitz, Kärnten, Austria, June 6–10, 1983

Front Matter....Pages I-VIII
Introductory Remarks....Pages 1-4
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Some Basic Ideas on a Dynamic Information Theory....Pages 6-12
Aspects of Optimization and Adaptation....Pages 13-16
Relaxed Markov Processes, Jackson Networks and Polymerisation....Pages 17-27
Front Matter....Pages 29-29
Noodle-Map Chaos: A Simple Example....Pages 30-37
A Mechanism for Spurious Solutions of Nonlinear Boundary Value Problems....Pages 38-51
Approach to Equilibrium: Kuzmin’s Theorem for Dissipative and Expanding Maps....Pages 52-66
Complex Behaviours in Macrosystems Near Polycritical Points....Pages 67-83
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
Chaos in Classical Mechanics: The Double Pendulum....Pages 86-97
Chaos in Continuous Stirred Chemical Reactors....Pages 98-105
The Interface Between Mathematical Chaos and Experimental Chemistry....Pages 106-115
The Enzyme and the Strange Attractor — Comparisons of Experimental and Numerical Data for an Enzyme Reaction with Chaotic Motion....Pages 116-123
Nonuniform Information Processing by Strange Attractors of Chaotic Maps and Flows....Pages 124-139
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
Generalized Modes and Nonlinear Dynamical Systems....Pages 142-159
Dynamics of Linear and Nonlinear Autocatalysis and Competition....Pages 160-172
Permanence and Uninvadability for Deterministic Population Models....Pages 173-184
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Random Selection and the Neutral Theory — Sources of Stochasticity in Replication....Pages 186-207
The Dynamics of Catalytic Hypercycles — A Stochastic Simulation....Pages 208-219
Perturbation-Dependent Coexistence and Species Diversity in Ecosystems....Pages 220-230
Chance and Necessity in Urban Systems....Pages 231-249
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Random Phenomena in Nonlinear Systems in Connection with the Volterra Approach....Pages 250-270
Back Matter....Pages 271-271