Energy, Information, Feedback, Adaptation, and Self-organization The Fundamental Elements of Life and Society /

This unique book offers a comprehensive and integrated introduction to the five fundamental elements of life and society: energy, information, feedback, adaptation, and self-organization. It is divided into two parts. Part I is concerned with energy (definition, history, energy types, energy sources...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tzafestas, Spyros G. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: e-Book
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering, 90
Subjects:
Control engineering.
System theory.
Dynamics.
Nonlinear theories.
Energy policy.
Energy and state.
Electric power production.
Control and Systems Theory.
Complex Systems.
Applied Dynamical Systems.
Energy Policy, Economics and Management.
Electrical Power Engineering.
Mechanical Power Engineering.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Life and Human Society: The Five Fundamental Elements
  • Chapter 2. Energy I: General Issues
  • Chapter 3. Energy II: Thermodynamics
  • Chapter 4. Information I: Communication, Transmission, and Information Theory
  • Chapter 5. Information II: Science, Technology, and Systems
  • Chapter 6. Feedback and Control I: History and Classical Methodologies
  • Chapter 7. Feedback and Control II: Modern Methodologies
  • Chapter 8. Adaptation, Complexity, and Complex Adaptive Systems
  • Chapter 9. Self-Organization
  • Chapter 10. Energy in Life and Society
  • Chapter 11. Information in Life and Society
  • Chapter 12. Feedback Control in Life and Society
  • Chapter 13.Adaptation and Self-Organization in Life and Society.

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