TY - GEN AU - Schweitzer, Frank TI - Brownian agents and active particles: collective dynamics in the natural and social sciences SN - 9783540738442 U1 - 530.475 PY - 2003/// CY - Berlin PB - Springer KW - Brownian movements KW - System analysis KW - Computer simulation KW - Physics KW - Statistical physics N1 - Includes bibliography and index N2 - Lays out a vision for a coherent framework for understanding complex systems. By developing the idea of Brownian agents, this work combines concepts from informatics, such as multiagent systems, with approaches of statistical many-particle physics. It also shows that Brownian agent models can be successfully applied in many different contexts ER -