Complex, Adaptive Systems, Through Time and Across Space

Kevin Seel and Nigel Waters
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Kevin Seel: George Mason University
Nigel Waters: George Mason University

Chapter Chapter 14 in Complexity and Spatial Networks, 2009, pp 187-207 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Complexity does not mean complicated (Nijkamp 2007; Waldrop 1992, pp. 11–12). Confusion arises since complexity is a word in common use but in science it has a special meaning (O’Sullivan 2004). The first part of this chapter will consider the various definitions of complexity that have appeared in the literature. The second part will discuss a case study of the deregulation of the Alberta, Canada, electrical power generation industry, illustrating the dynamics of a complex system.

Keywords: Wind Turbine; Negative Feedback Loop; System Dynamic Model; Investor Behaviour; Catastrophe Theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-01554-0_14

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