Synergetics: Cooperative Phenomena in Multi-Component Systems

Front Matter....Pages 1-7
Introduction to Synergetics....Pages 9-19
Stability Criteria in Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics....Pages 21-27
Relaxation and Fluctuation of Macrovariables....Pages 28-34
New Method in Non-Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics of Cooperative Systems....Pages 35-44
Theory of Linear Non-Markoffian Processes....Pages 45-53
Fluctuations near Phase Transitions in Restricted Geometries....Pages 54-70
Phase-Transition-Like Phenomena in Lasers and Nonlinear Optics....Pages 71-86
Dynamics of Current Instabilities....Pages 87-96
Cooperative Phenomena in Data Processing....Pages 97-123
Theory of Dissipative Structures....Pages 124-135
A Gibbs Ensemble Approach to Biochemical Kinetics....Pages 137-142
Models of Population Growth, Diffusion, Competition and Rearrangement....Pages 143-156
Selforganization of Nucleic Acids and the Evolution of the Genetic Apparatus....Pages 157-176
Computer Simulation of Helix-Coil Transition....Pages 177-185
Mechanisms of Pattern Recognition by the Visual System of Insects....Pages 187-193
A Cooperative Model of Stereoscopic Depth Perception....Pages 194-206
Cooperative Phenomena in a Homogeneous Cortical Tissue Model....Pages 207-219
Cooperative Transitions in Biological Membranes....Pages 220-231
A Model for Muscle Contraction....Pages 232-240
Organisation and Long Range Selective Interaction in Biological and other Pumped Systems....Pages 241-245
Nonlinear Transport as a Possible Key to Physical Understanding in Biology....Pages 246-253
Theory of Hierarchical Structures....Pages 255-262
Metropolitan Models and Public Policy....Pages 263-268
Fokker-Planck Equation Treatment of Interacting Social Groups....Pages 269-279