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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Haken, Hermann

Titel

Synergetics : A Workshop Proceedings of the International Workshop on Synergetics at Schloss Elmau, Bavaria, May 2–7, 1977 [Elektronische Ressource]

Ist Teil von

• Springer Series in Synergetics : 2

Ort / Verlag

Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Erscheinungsjahr

1977

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This volume contains most of the invited papers presented at the International Workshop on Synergetics, Schloss E1mau, Bavaria, May 2 to.May 7, 1977. This workshop followed an International Symposium on SynergetiGS at Schloss E1mau, 1972, and an International SUl11l1erschoo1 at Erice, Sicily, 1974. Synergetics is a rather new field of interdisciplinary research which studies the self-organized behavior of systems leading to the formation of structures and functionings. Indeed the whole universe seems to be organized, with pronounced structures starting from spiral galaxies down to living cells. Furthermore, very many of the most interesting phenomena occur in systems which are far from thermal equilibrium. Synergetics in its present form focusses its attention on those phenomena where dramatic changes occur on a macroscopic scale. Here indeed Synergetics was able to reveal profound analogies between systems in different disciplines ranging from physics to sociology. This volume contains contributions from various fields but the reader will easily discover their cOl11J1on goal. Not only in the natural sciences but also in ecology, sociology, and economy, man is confronted with the problems of complex systems. The principles and analogies unearthed by Synergetics will certainly be very he1pfu~ to cope with such difficult problems. I use this opportunity to thank the Vo1kswagenwerk Foundation for its support of the project Synergetics and in particular for sponsoring the International Workshop on Synergetics