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Understanding the emergence and deployment of “nano” S&T
As an introduction to the special issue on “emerging nanotechnologies”, this paper puts in perspective contemporary debates and challenges about nanotechnology. It presents an overview of diverse analyses and expectations about this presumably revolutionary set of technological, scientific and industrial developments. Three main lines of argument can then be delineated: first of all, the degree of cumulativeness of science and technologies and the respective roles of newcomers and incumbents in the industrial dynamics; second the knowledge dynamics in nanotechnologies, especially the linkages by science and technology and third the role of institutions (network, geographic agglomeration and job market). It finally discusses methodologies to delineate the field of nanotechnologies and to collect data. For more informations: http: //www.nanoeconomics.eu/Nanotechnology; Industrial dynamics; Science policy; Institution
Understanding the emergence and deployment of "nano" S&T
As an introduction to the special issue on "emerging nanotechnologies", this
paper puts in perspective contemporary debates and challenges about
nanotechnology. It presents an overview of diverse analyses and expectations
about this presumably revolutionary set of technological, scientific and
industrial developments. Three main lines of argument can then be delineated:
first of all, the degree of cumulativeness of science and technologies and the
respective roles of newcomers and incumbents in the industrial dynamics; second
the knowledge dynamics in nanotechnologies, especially the linkages by science
and technology and third the role of institutions (network, geographic
agglomeration and job market). It finally discusses methodologies to delineate
the field of nanotechnologies and to collect data
Collective behavior and evolutionary games - An introduction
This is an introduction to the special issue titled "Collective behavior and
evolutionary games" that is in the making at Chaos, Solitons & Fractals. The
term collective behavior covers many different phenomena in nature and society.
From bird flocks and fish swarms to social movements and herding effects, it is
the lack of a central planner that makes the spontaneous emergence of sometimes
beautifully ordered and seemingly meticulously designed behavior all the more
sensational and intriguing. The goal of the special issue is to attract
submissions that identify unifying principles that describe the essential
aspects of collective behavior, and which thus allow for a better
interpretation and foster the understanding of the complexity arising in such
systems. As the title of the special issue suggests, the later may come from
the realm of evolutionary games, but this is certainly not a necessity, neither
for this special issue, and certainly not in general. Interdisciplinary work on
all aspects of collective behavior, regardless of background and motivation,
and including synchronization and human cognition, is very welcome.Comment: 6 two-column pages, 1 figure; accepted for publication in Chaos,
Solitons & Fractals [the special issue is available at
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09600779/56
Complex Networks
Introduction to the Special Issue on Complex Networks, Artificial Life
journal.Comment: 7 pages, in pres
Nonlinear analysis of dynamical complex networks
Copyright © 2013 Zidong Wang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Complex networks are composed of a large number of highly interconnected dynamical units and therefore exhibit very complicated dynamics. Examples of such complex networks include the Internet, that is, a network of routers or domains, the World Wide Web (WWW), that is, a network of websites, the brain, that is, a network of neurons, and an organization, that is, a network of people. Since the introduction of the small-world network principle, a great deal of research has been focused on the dependence of the asymptotic behavior of interconnected oscillatory agents on the structural properties of complex networks. It has been found out that the general structure of the interaction network may play a crucial role in the emergence of synchronization phenomena in various fields such as physics, technology, and the life sciences
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