SUBJECT

Title

Computer simulations of complex systems

Type of instruction

lecture

Level

master

Part of degree program
Credits

3

Recommended in

Semester 2

Typically offered in

Spring semester

Course description

Complex systems in general. Simulating and analysing omplex networks. Generating Erdős-Rényi graphs, small world and scale free networks. Algorithms for degree distributions, graph diameter, percolation, adjacency matrix spectrum, cliques. Robustness of graphs. Simulating chaotic dynamics, measuring Lyapunov exponent and dimension of strange attractor. Cellular automata. Neural networks, Hopfield model, perceptron.

Readings

required readings:

  • Claudius Gros: Complex and Adaptive Dynamcial Systems, Springer; 1st ed.2008. Corr. 2nd printing edition (July 1, 2009)