Nonlinear Dynamics of Complex Systems
A special issue of Entropy (ISSN 1099-4300). This special issue belongs to the section "Complexity".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 1555
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Interests: set-valued measures; non-additive measures; set-valued integrals; non-additive integrals; topology; fractals; multifractals; nonlinear dynamics
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Interests: nonlinear dynamics; fractals; theoretical physics
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Dear Colleagues,
Complex systems consist of a large number of interconnected elements that interact with each other in an adaptive and emergent way. These systems occur in diverse fields, including physics, biology, economics, sociology and computer science. For instance, the main characteristic of a complex system is that its overall properties cannot simply be deduced from the behavior of the individual components, but result from their interactions.
Some key characteristics of complex systems are listed below:
- Nonlinear interactions;
- Emergent behavior;
- Sensitivity to initial conditions;
- Self-organization;
- Adaptive dynamics.
In such a context, nonlinear dynamics studies systems in which changes are not proportional to the applied forces, and where interactions can produce unforeseen effects. Many complex systems are governed by nonlinear dynamics, which explains phenomena such as the following:
- Deterministic Chaos—some complex systems, although governed by deterministic equations, exhibit seemingly random behavior due to sensitivity to initial conditions.
- Strange attractors—in nonlinear dynamics, a system may have a set of states towards which it naturally tends, but its trajectory is highly complex and unpredictable. This phenomenon explains why some complex systems do not stabilize in a fixed equilibrium, but oscillate in a complicated way.
- Bifurcations—sudden changes in the behavior of a system when a particular variable crosses a critical threshold.
Taking the above into account, this Special Issue aims at the correspondence between properties of complex systems and nonlinear dynamics. Both theoretical and experimental approaches are considered.
Dr. Alina Cristiana Gavriluţ
Prof. Dr. Maricel Agop
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- deterministic chaos
- bifurcations
- strange attractors
- scale relativity theory
- multifractality
- non-linear behavior
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