STOCHASTIC DYNAMICS OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS

Complex Dynamics: Tools and Applications: Characterization of Collective Dynamics; Markovian Stochastic Processes; Monte Carlo Methods; Record Statistics and Extremal Statistics; Complexity and Hierarchies; Energy Landscapes; Record Dynamics and Marginal Stability; Complex Systems with Similar Dynamics: Ageing of Spin Glasses; Magnetic Relaxation in Superconductors; Ageing of Colloids; Evolving Biological Systems; Non-stationary Ageing Dynamics in Ant Societies; Epilogue: What is Complexity Science?