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003			ISI Library, Kolkata
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008			081120s2009 ne ab b 001 0 eng
020			_a9781402096624 (hbk.)
040			_aISI Library
082	0	4	_a303.483 _223 _bL265
245	0	0	_aComplexity perspectives in innovation and social change / _c[edited by] David Lane ... [et al.].
260			_aPlace of publication not identified : _bSpringer, _c2009.
300			_aix, 492 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c25 cm.
490	0		_aMethodos ; _v7.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505	0		_aIntroduction.- Part 1: From biology to society.- Ch 1: Lane, Maxfield, Read and van der Leeuw, From population to organization thinking.- Ch 2: Read, Lane and van der Leeuw, The innovation innovation.- Ch 3: van der Leeuw, Lane and Read, The long-term evolution of social organization.- Ch 4: Ginzburg, Biological metaphors in economics: Natural selection and competition.- Ch 5: White, Innovation in the context of networks, hierarchy and social cohesion.- Part 2: Innovation and urban systems.- Ch 6: Bretagnolle, Pumain, The organization of urban systems.- Ch 7: Bettancourt, Lobo and West, The self similarity of human social organization in cities.- Ch 8: Pumain, Paulus and Vacchiani-Marcuzzo, Innovation cycles and urban dynamics.- Section 3: Innovation and market systems.- Ch 9: Lane and Maxfield, Building a new market system.- Ch 10: Rossi, Bertossi, Gurisatti and Sovieni, Incorporating a new technology into agent-artifact space: The case of control system automation in Europe.- Ch 11: Russo and Rossi, Innovation policies: Levels and levers.- Section 4: Modeling innovation and social change.- Ch 12: Pumain, Sanders, Bretagnolle, Glisse, and Mathian, The future of urban systems: exploratory models.- Ch 13: Serra, Villani and Lane, Modeling innovation.- Ch 14: Ferrari, Read, van der Leeuw, An agent based model of information flows in social dynamics.- Ch 15: Villani, Bonacini, Ferrari and Serra, An agent based model of exaptive processes.- Ch 16: Helbing, Kuhnert, Lammer, Johannsen, Gelsen, Ammoser and West, Power laws in urban supply networks, social systems and dense pedestrian.- Ch 17: Knappett et al., Using statistical physics to understand relational space: A case study from Mediterranean.- Conclusion.- List of contributors
520			_aOur society's scientific paradigm prevents us from benefiting from the processes of invention and innovation. This book analyzes the topic in depth, positing that a 'complex systems' approach is better suited than our traditional approach to the phenomenon.
650		0	_aTechnological innovations.
650		0	_aSocial change.
650		0	_aEmergence (Philosophy)
650		0	_aComplexity (Philosophy)
700	1		_aLane, David, _eeditor
700	1		_dPumain, Denise, _eeditor
700	1		_dvan der Leeuw, Sander Ernst, _eeditor
700	1		_dWest, Geoffrey, _eeditor
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