Why we live in hierarchies? : a quantitative treatise /: a quantitative treatise. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• 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.; Note: Print version record.
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