Why we live in hierarchies? : a quantitative treatise /: a quantitative treatise. ([2018])
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- Book
- Title:
- Why we live in hierarchies? : a quantitative treatise /: a quantitative treatise. ([2018])
- Main Title:
- Why we live in hierarchies? : a quantitative treatise
- Further Information:
- Note: Anna Zafeiris and Tamás Vicsek.
- Authors:
- Zafeiris, Anna
- Other Names:
- Vicsek, Tamás
- Contents:
- Introduction -- General considerations -- Motivation -- Hierarchical structures in space and in networks -- Definitions and Basic Concepts -- Describing hierarchical structures -- Visualization techniques -- Observations and measurements -- Animal groups -- Hierarchy in Humans -- Experiments on the emergence and function -- The Liskaland camp experiment -- Picturask -- Modelling emergence and control -- Emergence of hierarchy in model systems -- The complex efficiency landscape of hierarchical organizations -- Controlling hierarchical networks -- Conclusions -- General features of hierarchical structures -- Origins of flow hierarchy -- Emergence of hierarchy.
- Publisher Details:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 110 pages)
- Subjects:
- 530
Physics
Hierarchies
Complex organizations
Organizational change
Engineering
Statistical physics
SCIENCE -- Energy
SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- General
SCIENCE -- Physics -- General
Complex organizations
Hierarchies
Organizational change
Mathematics -- Applied
Technology & Engineering -- General
Science -- Mathematical Physics
Science -- Physics
Applied mathematics
Cybernetics & systems theory
Statistical physics
Impact of science & technology on society
Science -- System Theory
Mathematical physics
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9783319704838
3319704834
3319704818
9783319704814 - Related ISBNs:
- 9783319704814
3319704818 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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