Book on Complex Systems Science

This page concerns an Australian-oriented/applications-oriented book on complex systems science.

The book is currently in preparation and this page (and linked material) are intended mainly to inform authors and facilitate linkages between them.
What we would really like is the type of self-organisation that went on on the early stages of CSIRO's complex systems project development.

This page is under development, and has only been tested on a limited range of browsers.
Please advise Ian Enting of any problems.

Editors

David Newth: CSIRO Complex systems core group: david.newth@csiro.au
Ian Enting: MASCOS, The University of Melbourne: ienting@unimelb.edu.au

What's new

Check here for the latest.

March 16. Glossary file on authors-only website. Minor update to x-book.pdf.
March 10. Update x-book.pdf: 652kb.
March 10. First circulation version of book: x-book.pdf (218kb) om MASCOS website.
March 10. Passworded website live at MASCOS.
March 9. Files mounted on website: template.tex, other.bib, a-book.pdf (instructions), b-shell.tex and minor update to b-refs.pdf.
March 7, 2006: This page, bibtex file and reference list (238 refs).

Public information

For convenience, this information isduplicated on the authors-only website, folder ienting/open.

Listing of bibliography (file b-refs.pdf). Lists potential and actual references and keys needed to generate reference in author text. Click here
The bibtex file, csb.bib, of the references. As an author, you don't need it for this book, but (a) if you have it, you can check your own references (b) it may be useful for other projects. Click here.
Additonal bibtex file of incoplete references (file other.bib). Click here
Instructions to authors. Includes current versions of reference list, glossary etc. Click here
A Latex shell in which to include your chapter, for testing purposes. Those unfamiliar with LaTeX don't need to use this. Those familiar with LaTeX should use it to check that you are not doing something tricky that breaks our setup. Click here
A chapter template, to allow authors to type their material into specified 'slots' to achieve the standard formatting, and illustrate the LaTeX constructs. Click here

Authors only

This is a pass-worded website.
The URL, login name and password have been e-mailed to lead authors.
Under the ienting/cssbook folder (readable from the authors' login) are:

file readme.txt, lsiting what is where.
file x-book.pdf: Current draft of book: abstracts, provisional chapters (only from those authors who have given permission for this) with references and appendices.
Glossary file, c-gloss.tex, to be linked from latex shell, to enable authors to check glossary references from their own chapter, and to contribute to refining the glossary.

Disclaimer

This page, its contents and style, are the responsibility of the author and do not represent the views, policies or opinions of The University of Melbourne, nor of the CSIRO.

Ian Enting: last change 16/3/06.