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EXTREME ENVIRONMENTAL EVENTS
COMPLEXITY IN FORECASTING AND EARLY WARNING |
| By: |
Robert A. Meyers (Editor) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£449.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1441976949 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781441976949 |
| Publisher: |
SPRINGER-VERLAG NEW YORK INC. |
| Pub. date: |
3 November, 2010 |
| Edition: |
2011 ed. |
| Pages: |
646 |
| Description: |
This book offers an authoritative single source for understanding and applying the concepts of complexity theory together with the tools and measures for analyzing complex systems, with applications spanning all fields of science and engineering. |
| Synopsis: |
"Extreme Environmental Events" is an authoritative single source for understanding and applying the basic tenets of complexity and systems theory, as well as the tools and measures for analyzing complex systems, to the prediction, monitoring, and evaluation of major natural phenomena affecting life on earth. These phenomena are often highly destructive, and include earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, climate change, and weather. Early warning, damage, and the immediate response of human populations to these phenomena are also covered from the point of view of complexity and nonlinear systems. In 61 authoritative, state-of-the art articles, world experts in each field apply such tools and concepts as fractals, cellular automata, solitons game theory, network theory, and statistical physics to an understanding of these complex geophysical phenomena. |
| Illustrations: |
541 black & white illustrations, 120 colour illustrations, 51 black & white |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. |
| Returns: |
Returnable |