Complex systems

Complex systems is a scientific field which studies the common properties of systems considered complex in nature, society and science. It is also called complex systems theory, complexity science, study of complex systems, sciences of complexity, non-equilibrium physics, and historical physics. The key problems of such systems are difficulties with their formal modeling and simulation. From such perspective, in different research contexts complex systems are defined on the base of their different attributes. At present, the consensus related to one universal definition of complex system does not exist yet.

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• 1 Overview
• 2 History
• 3 Topics in the complex systems study
  • 3.1 Complexity and modeling
  • 3.2 Complexity and chaos theory
• 4 Research centers, conferences, and journals
• 5 See also
• 6 References
• 7 Further reading
• 8 External links