Introduction to the Modeling and Analysis of Complex Systems

474 INDEXcomplex adaptive system, 8complex system, 3, 173complex systems science, 4computational intelligence, 8computational modeling, 19, 22computer simulation, 39configuration, 186connected component, 77, 299connected graph, 299contact process, 203continuous field model, 227continuous-time dynamical system, 30continuous-time model, 99contour, 229contraposition, 12coreness, 383coupled oscillators, 340critical behavior, 207critical threshold, 131cut-off boundaries, 189cycle, 299cyclic adenosine monophosphate, 246defective matrix, 83degree, 297degree assortativity coefficient, 397degree centrality, 380degree correlation, 396degree distribution, 375, 389degree matrix, 336degrees of freedom, 31del, 230descriptive modeling, 14determinant, 84diagonalizable matrix, 83diameter, 379difference equation, 30, 35differential equation, 30, 99diffusion, 242diffusion constant, 243diffusion equation, 242, 243diffusion term, 259diffusion-induced instability, 260, 290diffusion-limited aggregation, 438directed edge, 302directed graph, 302disassortativity, 397discrete-time dynamical system, 30discrete-time model, 35disorganized complexity, 3divergence, 231DLA, 438dominant eigenvalue, 83dominant eigenvector, 83double edge swap, 323droplet rule, 193dynamical network, 24dynamical system, 29dynamical systems theory, 29dynamics of networks, 325dynamics on networks, 325eccentricity, 379edge, 295, 296edge betweenness, 381ego network, 326eigenfunction, 276eigenvalue, 82, 276eigenvalue spectrum, 89eigenvector, 82eigenvector centrality, 381emergence, 4, 6epidemic model, 206epidemic threshold, 418