内容简介

Every reader will find someting of interest in this book.From superdiffusion fo ocean surface to fetal heart beats,from solar wind to cellular automata,from radioactive contamination to textrue analysis,from inage rendering to neural de-velopments.The all-pervading link connecting these disparate disciplines is the realization that a linear a pproach to the majority of natural processes is at best only an approximation that can frequently be downright misleading.Consequently,the rise of what is broadly called the theory of complexity has gainde tremendous momentum in the last decade or two.This modern aproach aims,and frequently succeeds,in correctly explaining many natural processes.
Paers in this book are based on presentations at the 6th International Confer-ence exploring the above-mentioned issues.The conferences are now regular and well-established among the nonlinear series of conferences.This conference series is organizde in different geographical regions,to encourage international collabora-tion.Among the distinguishing features of this series is its multidisciplinary nature,which has been growing steadily.