Complex Systems

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The original journal devoted to the science, mathematics and engineering of systems with simple components but complex overall behavior.

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Joshua Owolabi Adeleke
A Reproducible Expository Analysis of the Logistic Map: Stability, Period Doubling, Conjugacy and Symbolic Dynamics

Igor Lugo and Martha G. Alatriste-Contreras
Personal Space and Collective Behavior in Crowd Disasters

Rodrigo A. Garrido
Distinct Regimes of Predictive Accessibility in Elementary Cellular Automata

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