Nature’s Patterns and the Fractional Calculus / / Bruce J. West.
Complexity increases with increasing system size in everything from organisms to organizations. The nonlinear dependence of a system’s functionality on its size, by means of an allometry relation, is argued to be a consequence of their joint dependency on complexity (information). In turn, complexit...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2017 Part 1 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2017] ©2017 |
Year of Publication: | 2017 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Fractional Calculus in Applied Sciences and Engineering ,
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XIV, 199 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Acknowledgement -- Contents -- 1. Complexity -- 2. Empirical allometry -- 3. Statistics, scaling and simulation -- 4. Allometry theories -- 5. Strange kinetics -- 6. Fractional probability calculus -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Summary: | Complexity increases with increasing system size in everything from organisms to organizations. The nonlinear dependence of a system’s functionality on its size, by means of an allometry relation, is argued to be a consequence of their joint dependency on complexity (information). In turn, complexity is proven to be the source of allometry and to provide a new kind of force entailed by a system‘s information gradient. Based on first principles, the scaling behavior of the probability density function is determined by the exact solution to a set of fractional differential equations. The resulting lowest order moments in system size and functionality gives rise to the empirical allometry relations. Taking examples from various topics in nature, the book is of interest to researchers in applied mathematics, as well as, investigators in the natural, social, physical and life sciences. ContentsComplexityEmpirical allometryStatistics, scaling and simulationAllometry theoriesStrange kineticsFractional probability calculus |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783110535136 9783110762495 9783110719543 9783110540550 9783110625264 9783110548204 |
ISSN: | 2509-7210 ; |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110535136 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Bruce J. West. |