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NECSI books
- Bar-Yam, Yaneer, Making Things Work
- Bar-Yam, Yaneer, Dynamics of Complex Systems
- Braha, Dan; Minai, Ali; Bar-Yam, Yaneer, eds., Complex Engineered Systems: Science Meets Technology
- Minai, Ali; Braha, Dan; Bar-Yam, Yaneer, eds., Unifying Themes in Complex Systems: Volume VI, Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Complex Systems
- Minai, Ali; Braha, Dan; Bar-Yam, Yaneer, eds., Unifying Themes in Complex Systems: Volume V, Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Complex Systems
- Minai, Ali; Bar-Yam, Yaneer, eds., Unifying Themes in Complex Systems: Volume IV, Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Complex Systems
- Minai, Ali; Bar-Yam, Yaneer, eds., Unifying Themes in Complex Systems: Volume IIIb, New Research
- Minai, Ali; Bar-Yam, Yaneer, eds., Unifying Themes in Complex Systems: Volume IIIa, Overview
- Bar-Yam, Yaneer; Minai, Ali, eds., Unifying Themes in Complex Systems: Volume II, Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Complex Systems
- Bar-Yam, Yaneer, ed., Unifying Themes in Complex Systems: Volume I, Proceedings of the First International Conference on Complex Systems
- Heudin, Jean-Claude, ed., Virtual Worlds: Synthetic Universes, Digital Life, and Complexity
Recent books by NECSI Co-faculty
- Deacon, Terrence, The Symbolic Species: The Co-Evolution of Language and the Brain
- Sterman, John D., Business Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World
Other books related to the study of complex systems
- Axelrod, Robert M., The Complexity of Cooperation: Agent-Based Models of Competition and Collaboration
- Axelrod, Robert M., The Evolution of Cooperation
- Axelrod, Robert M. and Cohen, Michael D., Harnessing Complexity: Organizational Implications of a Scientific Frontier
- Bak, Per, How Nature Works: The Science of Self-Organized Criticality
- Barabási, Albert-László, Linked: The New Science of Networks
- Boisot, Max H., Information Space: A Framework for Learning in Organizations, Institutions and Culture
- Boisot, Max H., Knowledge Assets: Securing Competitive Advantage in the Information Economy
- Brown, Shona L. & Eisenhardt, Kathleen M., Competing on the Edge: Strategy as Structured Chaos
- Conner, Daryl R., Leading at the Edge of Chaos; How to Create the Nimble Organization
- Eve, Raymond A., Chaos, Complexity, and Sociology: Myths, Models, and Theories
- Gladwell, Malcolm, The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
- Gleick, James, Chaos: Making a New Science
- Hock, Dee W., The Chaordic Principle: Mixing Chaos and Order to Jump Start the Twenty-First Century
- Holland, John H., Emergence: From Chaos to Order
- Holland, John H., Hidden Order: How Adaptation Builds Complexity
- Kauffman, Stuart A., At Home in the Universe: The Search for Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity
- Kauffman, Stuart A., The Origins of Order: Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution
- Kiel, L. Douglas, Managing Chaos and Complexity in Government: A New Paradigm for Managing Change, Innovation, and Organizational Renewal
- Lewin, Roger, Complexity: Life at the Edge of Chaos
- Liu, Jiming, Jin, XiaoLong, and Tsui, Kwok Ching, Autonomy Oriented Computing: From Problem Solving to Complex Systems Modeling
- McMaster, Michael D., The Intelligence Advantage: Organizing for Complexity
- Merry, Uri et al, Coping With Uncertainty: Insights from the New Sciences of Chaos, Self-Organization, and Complexity
- Monks, Robert A. G., The Emperor's Nightingale: Restoring the Integrity of the Corporation in the Age of Shareholder Activism
- Nørretranders, Tor et al, The User Illusion: Cutting Consciousness Down to Size
- Oshry, Barry, Seeing Systems: Unlocking the Mysteries of Organizational Life
- Perrow, Charles, Complex Organizations: A Critical Essay
- Priesmeyer, Henry Richard, Organizations and Chaos: Defining the Methods of Nonlinear Management
- Schelling, Thomas C., Micro Motives and Macro Behavior
- Scott, Alwyn, Encyclopedia of Nonlinear Science
- Simon, Herbert Alexander, The Sciences of the Artificial (especially last two chapters)
- Stacey, Ralph D., Complexity and Creativity in Organizations
- Stacey, Ralph D., Managing the Unknowable: Strategic Boundaries Between Order and Chaos in Organizations
- Stengers, Isabelle & Prigogine, Ilya, The End of Certainty: Time, Chaos, and the New Laws of Nature
- Stewart, Ian & Cohen, Jack, Figments of Reality: The Evolution of the Curious Mind
- Strogatz, Steven, Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos: With Applications to Physics, Biology, Chemistry and Engineering
- Strogatz, Steven, Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order
- Waldrop, M. Mitchell, Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos
- Watts, Duncan J., Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age
- Weick, Karl E., Sensemaking in Organizations
- Zohar, Danah, Rewiring the Corporate Brain: Using the New Science to Rethink How We Structure and Lead Organizations
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