Bücher der Reihe Santa Fe Institute Studies on the Sciences of Complexity

Robust Design brings together 16 chapters by an eminent group of authors in a wide range of fields presenting aspects of robustness in biological, ecological, and computational systems. The volme is the first to address robustness in biological, ecological, and computational systems. It is an outgrowth of a new research program on robustness at the Sante Fe Institute founded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. For those interested in complexity or interdisciplinary science, robustness is seen as currently among the most intellectually active and promising research areas with important applications in all fields of science, business, and economics.

Computer science and physics have been closely linked since the birth of modern computing. This book serves as a standard reference and pedagogical aid to statistical physics methods in computer science, with a particular focus on phase transitions in combinatorial problems. It is useful for students and researchers.

Scaling relationships are a persistent theme in biology. This book, based on a conference at the Santa Fe Institute, brings together many of the prominent workers in the area to assess our understanding of scaling relationships at the physiological, biomechanical, and ecological levels.

Derived from the 2001 Santa Fe Institute Conference, this volume represents scholarship from the leading figures in the area of economics and complexity. The chapters address issues in the fields of economics and complexity, accessing eclectic techniques from many disciplines. This volume is dedicated to Kenneth Arrow on his 80th birthday.