TY  - GEN
A1  - Motter, Adilson E.
A1  - Matias, Manuel A.
A1  - Kurths, Jürgen
A1  - Ott, Edward
T1  - Dynamics on complex networks and applications
T2  - Physica. D, Nonlinear phenomena
KW  - complex systems
KW  - nonlinear dynamics
KW  - statistical physics
Y1  - 2006
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physd.2006.09.012
SN  - 0167-2789
VL  - 224
IS  - 1-2
SP  - VII
EP  - VIII
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wiesner, Karoline
A1  - Ladyman, James
T1  - Complex systems are always correlated but rarely information processing
JF  - Journal of physics. Complexity
N2  - 'Complex systems are information processors' is a statement that is frequently made. Here we argue for the distinction between information processing-in the sense of encoding and transmitting a symbolic representation-and the formation of correlations (pattern formation/self-organisation). The study of both uses tools from information theory, but the purpose is very different in each case: explaining the mechanisms and understanding the purpose or function in the first case, versus data analysis and correlation extraction in the latter. We give examples of both and discuss some open questions. The distinction helps focus research efforts on the relevant questions in each case.
KW  - correlations
KW  - information theory
KW  - complex systems
KW  - information
KW  - processing
KW  - self-organisation
Y1  - 2021
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1088/2632-072X/ac371c
SN  - 2632-072X
VL  - 2
IS  - 4
PB  - IOP Publ. Ltd.
CY  - Bristol
ER  -