TY - JOUR
T1 - Information and material flows in complex networks
AU - Helbing, Dirk
AU - Armbruster, Hans
AU - Mikhailov, Alexander S.
AU - Lefeber, Erjen
N1 - Funding Information:
The considerable financial support from EU EXYSTENCE, the Intel Corporation, and several participants is gratefully acknowledged.
Funding Information:
This special issue of Physica A presents the scientific outcome of the Thematic Institute on Information and Material Flows in Complex Networks and some invited contributions by other experts in the field. Inspired by Centers of Excellence in the area of complexity science, Thematic Institutes intended to get scientists of diverse background, e.g., physicists and economists, to engage into active collaboration for an extended period of time. They were supported within the program Information Society Technology—Future and Emerging Technologies by the European Union.
PY - 2006/4/15
Y1 - 2006/4/15
N2 - In this special issue, an overview of the Thematic Institute (TI) on Information and Material Flows in Complex Systems is given. The TI was carried out within EXYSTENCE, the first EU Network of Excellence in the area of complex systems. Its motivation, research approach and subjects are presented here. Among the various methods used are many-particle and statistical physics, nonlinear dynamics, as well as complex systems, network and control theory. The contributions are relevant for complex systems as diverse as vehicle and data traffic in networks, logistics, production, and material flows in biological systems. The key disciplines involved are socio-, econo-, traffic- and bio-physics, and a new research area that could be called "biologistics".
AB - In this special issue, an overview of the Thematic Institute (TI) on Information and Material Flows in Complex Systems is given. The TI was carried out within EXYSTENCE, the first EU Network of Excellence in the area of complex systems. Its motivation, research approach and subjects are presented here. Among the various methods used are many-particle and statistical physics, nonlinear dynamics, as well as complex systems, network and control theory. The contributions are relevant for complex systems as diverse as vehicle and data traffic in networks, logistics, production, and material flows in biological systems. The key disciplines involved are socio-, econo-, traffic- and bio-physics, and a new research area that could be called "biologistics".
KW - Biologistics
KW - Biophysics
KW - Complex systems
KW - Information flows
KW - Many-particle systems
KW - Multi-agent models
KW - Network theory
KW - Socio- and econo-physics
KW - Traffic physics
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U2 - 10.1016/j.physa.2006.01.042
DO - 10.1016/j.physa.2006.01.042
M3 - Short survey
AN - SCOPUS:33645142376
SN - 0378-4371
VL - 363
SP - Xi-xvi
JO - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
JF - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
IS - 1
ER -