Handbook of research methods in complexity science : theory and applications /: theory and applications. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Eve Mitleton-Kelly, Alexandros Paraskevas, Christopher Day.
• Editors: Mitleton-Kelly, Eve; Paraskevas, Alexandros; Day, Christopher
• Contents: Introduction to the strategy and methods of complex systems / Yaneer Bar-Yam -- Complex evolving social systems: undending, imperfect learning / Peter Allen -- Information theoretic measures of causality: music performance as a case study / Fatimah Abdul Razak, Xiaogeng Wan and Henrik Jeldtoft Jensen -- Addressing global challenges: the EMK complexity methodology / Eve Mitleton-Kelly -- Complexity informed social research: from complexity concepts to creative applications / Lesley Kuhn -- From isolation to transformation with C2 / Hazel Stuteley and Jonathan Stead -- Using complexity principles to understand the nature of relations for creating a culture of publically engaged research within higher education institutes / Robin Durie, Craig Lundy and Katrina Wyatt -- The art of complexity: using visual artefacts and dialogue to bridge the gap between strategic plans and local auctions in organisations / Julian Burton and Sam Mockett -- Inner complexity: using Landscape of the Mind to catalyse change in organisations / Kate Hopkinson -- On the visualization of dynamic structure: understanding the distinction between static and dynamic network topology / Kurt A. Richardson and Andrew Tait -- On the visualization of dynamic structure: understanding the distinction between static and dynamic network topology / Kurt A. Richardson and Andrew Tait -- Network text analysis and social network analysis in investigating complex governance networks: applications of AutoMap and ORA / Göktug Morçöl and Sohee Kim -- Using maximum likelihood estimation methods and complexity science concepts to research power law-distributed phenomena / G. Christopher Crawford and Bill McKelvey -- Multifractal signatures of intersectionality: nonlinear dynamics permits quantitative modeling of hierarchical patterns in gender dynamics at the cultural level / Hannah L. Brown, Chase R. Booth, Elizabeth G. Eason and Damian G. Kelty-Stephen -- Modeling social complexity in infrastructures: a case-based approach to improving reliability and resiliency / Carl J. Dister, Brian Castellani and Rajeev Rajaram -- Phase transitions and social contagion as enabling mechanisms for coordinated action in populations: a mathematical framework / James K. Hazy and Peter R. Wolenski -- Applying complex adaptive systems to agent-based models for social programme evaluation / Michael E. Wolf-Branigin, William G. Kennedy, Emily S. Ihara and Catherine J. Tompkins -- Complexity, the bridging science of emerging respiratory outbreak response / Babak Pourbohloul, Krista M. English and Nathaniel Hupert -- Multilevel systems and policy / Jeffrey Johnson, Joyce Fortune and Jane Bromley -- Complex scenarios in socio-economic data: a comprehensive analytical study / Sanjay Kumar Palit, Santo Banerjee and Sayan Mukherjee -- Employment of tools and models appropriate to complex, real-world situations / Patrick Beautement -- Leadership network structure and influence dynamics / Michael Gabbay -- Complex analogy and modular exaptation: some definitional clarifications / Pierpaolo Andriani and Giuseppe Carignani -- Emergence and radical novelty: from theory to methods / Jeffrey A. Goldstein -- Applying the 15 complexity sciences: methods for studying emergence in organizations / Benyamin Lichtenstein -- Mixed methods research: a method for complex systems / Liz Varga -- Dynamical systems therapy (DST): complex adaptive systems in psychiatry and psychotherapy / Yakov Shapiro and J. Rowan Scott.
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxxiii, 605 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 501; REFERENCE -- Research; SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects; Complexity (Philosophy); Science -- Philosophy; Research methods: general; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Theory; MATHEMATICS -- Complex Analysis; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference; Behavioural economics; Complex analysis, complex variables; Complexity (Philosophy); Science -- Philosophy; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781785364426; 1785364421
• Related ISBNs: 9781785364419; 1785364413
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
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