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Contents 1 Getting into The Complex Systems Literature 1.1 Not Too Technical 1.2 Technical 1.2.1 Statistical Properties 1.2.2 Complex Networks 1.2.2.1 General 1.2.2.2 Topics 1.2.3 Agent-Based Models 2 Books

Getting into The Complex Systems Literature

Not Too Technical

• Swarm Theory (National Geographic`s July 2007 edition:)
• A.-L. Barabasi, E. Bonabeau: Scale-Free Networks; 2003
• S.H. Strogatz: Exploring Complex Networks; 2001

Technical

Statistical Properties

• M.E. Newman: Power laws, Pereto distributions and Zipf's law; 2004

Complex Networks

General

• R. Albert, A.-L. Barabasi: Statistical Mechanics of Complex Networks; 2001

• M.E. Newman: The Structure and Function of Complex Networks; 2003

• S.N. Dorogovtsev, J.F.F. Mendes: Evolution of networks; 2001

Topics

• R. Albert, A.-L. Barabasi: Emergence of Scaling in Random Networs; 1999

• U Loerch: An Introduction to Graph Algorithms; 2000

Agent-Based Models

• G. Fiagolo et. al.: A Critical Guide to Empirical Validation of Agent-Based Models: Methodologies, Procedures, and Open Problems; 2006

Books

• "Evolution of Networks - From Biological Nets to the Internet and WWW"; S.N. Dorogovtsev, J.F.F. Mendes; 2003; Oxford University Press

• "The Structure and Dynamics of Networks"; M. Newman, A.-L. Barabasi, D.J. Watts; 2006; Princeton University Press

• "Complex Social Networks"; F. Vega-Redondo; 2007; Cambridge University Press

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That observation suggested intriguing links among neurobiology, geophysics, synchronization and self-organized criticality, and sparked a burst of research activity. - S.H. Strogatz: Exploring complex networks; 2001

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Although the [Kuramoto] model was motivated originally by biological oscillations, it has appeared in such far-flung settings as the flavour evolution of neutrinos, and arrays of Josephson junctions and semiconductor lasers. - S.H. Strogatz: Exploring complex networks; 2001

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