Template:Complex systems topics Facts for Kids

v t e Complex systems
Background	Emergence Self-organization
Collective behavior	Social dynamics Collective intelligence Collective action Collective consciousness Self-organized criticality Flocking Crowd dynamics Herd mentality Consensus decision-making Wisdom of the crowd Rumor spreading Information cascade Epidemic modeling Phase transition Agent-based modelling Synchronization Vicsek model Boids Ising model Ant colony optimization Particle swarm optimization Bee colony optimization Firefly algorithm Glowworm swarm optimization Swarm behaviour
Evolution and adaptation	Artificial neural network Evolutionary computation Genetic algorithms Genetic programming Artificial life Machine learning Evolutionary developmental biology Artificial intelligence Evolutionary robotics Evolvability
Game theory	Prisoner's dilemma Rational choice theory Bounded rationality Evolutionary game theory
Networks	Social network analysis Scale-free network Small-world networks Centrality Motifs Graph theory Scaling Robustness Systems biology Dynamic networks Adaptive networks
Nonlinear dynamics	Time series analysis Ordinary differential equations Phase space Attractor Population dynamics Chaos Multistability Bifurcation Coupled map lattices
Pattern formation	Reaction-diffusion systems Partial differential equations Dissipative structures Percolation Cellular automata Spatial ecology Self-replication Geomorphology
Systems theory	Homeostasis Operationalization Feedback Self-reference Goal-oriented System dynamics Sensemaking Entropy Cybernetics Autopoiesis Information theory Computation theory