Cover art: "Electric Sheep #10".
Scott Draves
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Civilization in Spite of Ourselves.
Stephen J. Guastello, pg. 1
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Spatial Behavior Analysis at the Global Level Using Fractal Geometry.
Roger C. Sambrook, pg. 3
Keywords: fractal, spatial, settlement, mass dimension
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The Fractal City Theory Revisited: New Empirical Evidence from the Distribution of Romanian Cities and Towns.
Liliana Gligor & Mircea Gligor, pg. 15
Keywords: Zipf law, master equation, diffusion-limited aggregation, self-organization, urban growth
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Dynamics of a Discrete Population Model for Extinction and Sustainability in Ancient Civilizations.
William Basener, Bernard Brooks, Michael Radin, & Tamas Wiandt, pg. 29
Keywords: nonlinear dynamics, bifurcations, Easter Island
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Prey-Producing Predators: The Ecology of Human Intensification.
Charles Efferson, pg. 55
Keywords: economic growth, human population dynamics, human evolutionary ecology
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Dynamics of Attitudes and Genetic Processes.
Stephen J. Guastello & Denise D. Guastello, pg. 75
Keywords: attitude change, generation gap, genetics, attractor, bifurcation
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Violent Societies: An Application of Orbital Decomposition to the Problem of Human Violence.
M. Spohn, pg. 87
Keywords: violence, violent societies, symbolic dynamics, orbital decomposition, entropy, fractal dimension, politics
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Biophilic Fractals and the Visual Journey of Organic Screen-savers.
R. P. Taylor & J. C. Sprott, pg. 117
Keywords: fractals, biophilia, aesthetics, screen-savers
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Art Feature for 2008: Electric Sheep.
Scott Draves, pg. 131
Keywords: cover art
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Cover art: "Electric Sheep #13".
Scott Draves
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New Method to Study DNA Sequences: The Languages of Evolution.
Gino Spinelli & David Mayer-Foulkes, pg. 133
Keywords: heterochromatin, DNA, complexity, fractals, evolution, self-organization
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Dimensional Analysis of Actigraphic Derived Sleep Data.
J. E. Slaven, M. E. Andrew, J. M. Violanti, C. M. Burchfiel, A. Mnatsakanova, & B. J. Vila, pg. 153
Keywords: actigraphy, sleep quality, correlation dimension, fractal dimension, nonlinear analysis
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Entropy Conservation in the Control of Human Action.
S. Lee Hong & Karl M. Newell, pg. 163
Keywords: information, entropy, redundancy, motor control, adaptation
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Dynamic Constancy as a Basis for Perceptual Hierarchies.
Thomas E. Malloy & Gary C. Jensen, pg. 191
Keywords: perceptual categories, epistemology, Bateson, Boolean networks and landscapes, Gestalt organization
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Cusp Catastrophe Model for Binge Drinking in a College Population.
Kelly E. Smerz & Stephen J. Guastello, pg. 205
Keywords: binge drinking, alcoholism, attitude, peer pressure, cusp catastrophe
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Book Review: Where Medicine Went Wrong: Rediscovering the Path to, by Complexity by Bruce J. West.
pg. 225
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Cover art: "Electric Sheep #7".
Scott Draves
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Rat Instigated Human Population Collapse on Easter Island.
William Basener, Bernard Brooks, Michael Radin, & Tamas Wiandt, pg. 227
Keywords: Rapa Nui, population collapse, Hopf bifurcation
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Mutual Information in the Evolution of Trajectories in Discrete Aiming Movements.
Shih-Chiung Lai, Gottfried Mayer-Kress, & Karl M. Newell, pg. 241
Keywords: information theory, Fitts' law, mutual information, entropy, movement variability
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A Catastrophe Model for the Prospect-Utility Theory Question.
Terence A. Oliva & Sean R. McDade, pg. 261
Keywords: catastrophe theory, decision theory, nonlinear dynamics, prospect theory, risk aversion
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Toward a Theory of Leadership in Complex Systems: Computational Modeling Explorations.
James K. Hazy, pg. 281
Keywords: leadership, complexity theory, computational organization theory, computation modeling, complex systems
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Debating the Role of Econophysics.
J. Barkley Rosser, Jr., pg. 311
Keywords: entropy, econophysics, macroeconomics, microeconomics
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Book Review: Computational Mind: A Complex Dynamics Perspective by V. G. Ivancevic and T. T. Ivancevic.
pg. 325
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Cover art: "Electric Sheep #18".
Scott Draves
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Stochastic Phase Decoupling in Dynamical Networks.
William Sulis, pg. 327
Keywords: networks, sociability, stochastic phase transitions, weak coupling, decoupling
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Nonlinear Dynamical Modeling in ECG Analysis: A Heuristic Guideline.
Aydin A. Cecen & Cahit Erkal, pg. 359
Keywords: cardiology, chaos, correlation dimension, electrocardiogram, low dimensional attractor
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The Emergence of Dynamic Form Through Phase Relations in Dynamical Systems.
Thomas E. Malloy, Jonathan Butner, & Gary C. Jensen, pg. 371
Keywords: Dynamic form perception, perceptual organization, correspondence problem, dynamical systems, phase relations, Boolean simulations, emergence
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Cross-cultural Generalizability of a Cusp Catastrophe Model for Binge Drinking Among College Students.
Stephen J. Guastello, Yuji Aruka, Meghan Doyle, & Kelly E. Smerz, pg. 397
Keywords: binge drinking, alcoholism, attitude, peer pressure, cusp catastrophe
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Explaining Health Care Utilization For Panic Attacks Using Cusp Catastrophe Modeling.
David Katerndahl, pg. 409
Keywords: nonlinear dynamics, mathematical models, health services, panic disorders, anxiety, cusp catastrophe
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The Annual International Conferences of the Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology & Life Sciences / Ad Hoc Reviewers for 2008.
pg. 425
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