awesome-complexity
github.com/sellisd/awesome-complexity ↗An awesome list of complex systems science resources
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Models
- Abelian sandpile model
Model showing self-organized criticality.
- Barabási–Albert (BA) model
Algorithm for generating random graphs with preferential attachment.
- Boids
The creator's webpage with lots of links to multiple implementations.
- Cellular automata
Discrete compuation model.
- ConwayLife
Community for game-of-life and similar simulations.
- Craig Reynolds' Boids page
The creator's webpage with lots of links to multiple implementations.
Concepts
- Attractor
A trajectory in the state space of a system in which it tends to evolve towards.
- Autopoiesis
The ability of a system to create and maintain itself.
- Chaos
Theory of chaotic systems.
- Complexity
The subject of complex systems science.
- Developmental Systems Theory
Theoretical perspective on biological development, heredity, and evolution.
- Dissipative System
A thermodynamically open system far from thermodynamic equilibrium.
Other Resources
- Awesome Network Analysis
Resources for analysis of network data.
- Complexity Explained
Interactive educational website.
- Complexity Explorer
Educational site with news/blog.
- Map of Complex systems History
An impressive overview of the evolution of complex systems thinking.
- Stanford Complexity Group
YouTube channel with videos from the group's events.
Books
- Barrat, A., Barthelemy, M., & Vespignani, A. (2013). Dynamical processes on complex networks. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Dynamic models on complex networks.
- Boccara, N. (2014). Modeling complex systems. Springer-Verlag New York.
An overview of important mathematical models of complex systems.
- Downey, A. (2012). Think complexity. Needham, Massachusetts: Green Tea Press.
A hands-on approach exploring complex systems models with Python.
- Gros, C. (2015). Complex and adaptive dynamical systems: a primer. Cham: Springer.
Technical and accessible introduction to a number of important concepts in complex systems science.
- Kauffman, S. (2014). At Home in the Universe The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity. Cary: Oxford University Press, USA.
The book introduces in an accessible way the influence of concepts such as self-organization and the edge of chaos.
- Mandelbrot, B. (2006). The fractal geometry of nature. New York: W.H. Freeman and Company.
Beautiful introduction to the world of fractals.
Scientific Journals
- Complexity
Cross-disciplinary journal about complex adaptive systems (open access).
Societies/Communities
- Complexity Adventures
Complexity community of practice (formerly known as Complexity Weekend).
- Complexity research
Informal slack community for keeping up to date with new findings in complex systems research.
- Complex Systems Society
Scientific society for the study of complex systems.
Blogs/Journals
- Complexity Digest
News feed on complexity.
- Fractal forums
Forum and discussion community about fractals.
- The Systems Thinker
Articles with a systems perspective on various topics.
Software
- Cosmo Tech platformProprietary
Digital twins simulator software.
- HASHFreely to use or open source
Graph and agent simulation platform.
- Hybrid Automata LibraryFreely to use or open source
Java library for hybrid modeling combining agent-based and partial-differential equation components.
- MASONFreely to use or open source
Multiagent simulation library core in Java.
- NetLogoFreely to use or open source
Multi-agent modeling environment based on the LOGO language. It comes with a very large library of toy models.
- RepastFreely to use or open source
Agent-based modeling and simulation platforms, models coded in C++ and Java.
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