Monday, February 23, 2009

Complexity theory


Complexity theory may refer to:

  • The study of complex systems.
  • Another name for Chaos theory.
  • Computational complexity theory, a field in theoretical computer science and mathematics dealing with the resources required during computation to solve a given problem.
  • The theoretical treatment of Kolmogorov complexity of a string studied in algorithmic information theory by identifying the length of the shortest binary program which can output that string.
  • Complexity theory and organizations or complexity theory and strategy, which have been influential in strategic management and organizational studies and incorporate the study of complex adaptive systems.
  • Complexity economics, the application of complexity theory to economics.

See also

  • Systems theory (or systemics or general systems theory), an interdisciplinary field including engineering, biology, and philosophy that incorporates science to study large systems

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