Irene Sanders, Executive Director and Founder of the Washington Center for Complexity and Public Policy, offers a history of complexity science and explores the challenges of applying its insights to ...

"Chaos begets complexity, and complexity begets life"—the most complex thing there is, writes Cambridge University astrophysicist Gribbin in opening this examination of how chaos theory has shifted ...

I was recently speaking with a newly minted Ph.D. graduate at my institution who explained their journey to me: My research topic engaged heavily with public policy. I thought maybe I would go work as ...

Yes - I figure joining the Batman-bandwagon might get more readers. And I know I suggested that this would be a substantive blog - not too much pop psyc. But after going to see the new Batman movie on ...

Do chaos and complexity play a fundamental role in biological information processing? The interdisciplinary approach to problems that till recently were addressed in the hermetic framework of distinct ...

There’s a lot of interest these days in the notion of “controlling complexity,” particularly when it comes to networks. It’s obvious why: Complexity can translate directly to increased operational ...

Dynamical systems and chaos theory provide a rigorous mathematical framework to describe, analyse and predict the evolution of systems over time. These fields study how simple deterministic rules can ...

Many years ago, when supply chain management was simply called logistics, the mode of management was paper reports, faxes and telephones. Computers, particularly PCs, followed. They were so-called ...