Notes on Four Lectures at ISI Kolkata

by ralph abraham, 20-26 march 2008
  • 1. Dynamical schemes
    Basic concepts of dynamical systems and schemes (families)
  • 2. Complex dynamical systems
    Response diagram of a scheme, Serial coupling, System dynamics, NetLogo
    Cellular systems, the Zeeman method of visualization
  • 3. Agent based modeling
    History of languages, NetLogo demo, dissection of the Garfinkel model
  • 4. Biological morphogenesis
    History of reaction-diffusion systems, representation in a response diagram
    Garfinkel et al, a NetLogo model

  • revised by ralph, 27 march 2008