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Understanding complexity

Title
Understanding complexity / Scott E. Page.
Author
Page, Scott E.
Publication
Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, ©2009.

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Description
2 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in. +
Summary
Professor Scott E. Page from University of Michigan introduces you to complexity science. You learn how this vibrant and still evolving discipline helps you understand the nature and behavior of systems formed of financial markets, corporations, native cultures, governments, and more.
Series Statement
Great courses: business & economics
Uniform Title
Great courses (DVD). Business & economics
Subject
  • Complexity (Philosophy)
  • Social systems
  • System theory
  • Systems Theory
  • Complexité (philosophie)
  • Systèmes sociaux
  • Systèmes, Théorie des
Genre/Form
  • Lecture
  • lectures.
  • Lectures.
  • Educational films.
  • Nonfiction films.
  • Films éducatifs.
  • Conférences.
  • Films autres que de fiction.
Note
  • Course no. 5181; 12 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture.
  • Originally produced in 2008.
Credits (note)
  • Editors, Dan Shine, Tony Hidenrick ; producer, Tony Hidenrick ; academic content supervisor, Marcy MacDonald.
System Details (note)
  • DVD.
Contents
Disc 1: lecture 1. Complexity--what is it? Why does it matter? ; lecture 2. Simple, rugged, and dancing landscapes ; lecture 3. The interesting in-between ; lecture 4. Why different is more ; lecture 5. Explore exploit--the fundamental trade-off ; lecture 6. Emergence I--why more is different -- disc 2: lecture 7. Emergence II--network structure and function ; lecture 8. Agent-based modeling--the new tool ; lecture 9. Feedbacks--beehives, QWERTY, the big sort ; lecture 10. The sand pile--self-organized criticality ; lecture 11. Complexity versus uncertainty ; lecture 12. Harnessing complexity.
ISBN
  • 1598035592
  • 9781598035599
  • 9781490689098
  • 1490689095
OCLC
  • ocn428131371
  • 428131371
  • SCSB-9588541
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library