Synergetics: Cooperative Phenomena in Multi-Component Systems
Proceedings of the Symposium on Synergetics from April 30 to May 6,
1972, Schloss Elmau
1973, B. G.
Teubner, Stuttgart, 3-519-0311-X
Editor:
Prof. Dr. Hermann Haken
Institut fźr
Theoretische Physik der UniversitŠt Stuttgart
Azenbergstrasse
12
D-7000 Stuttgart
1, Germany
Contents:
H. Haken: Introduction to Synergetics
F. C. Schlšgl (Institut fźr Theoretische Physik, TH Aachen/ D):
Stability Criteria in Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics
R. Kubo (Dept. of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan):
Relaxation and Fluctuation of Macrovariables
K. Kawasaki (Dept. of Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
19122): New Method in Non-Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics of Cooperative
Systems
H. Mori (Dept. of Physics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan): Theory of
Linear-Non-Markoffian Processes
S. Grossmann (Fachbereich Physik, Philipps-UniversitŠt, D-3550 Marburg):
Fluctuations near Phase Transitions in Restricted Geometrics
Instabilities
and Phase-Transition-Like Phenomena in Physical Systems far from Thermal
Equilibrium
R. Graham (Dept. of Physics, New York University, New York, NY 10003):
Phase-Transition-Like Phenomena in Lasers and Nonlinear Optics
H. Thomas
(Institut fźr theoretische Physik der UniversitŠt, D-6000 Frankfurt/ M.):
Dynamics of Current Instabilities
R. Landauer, J.W.F. Woo (IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown
Heights, NY 10598): Cooperative Phenomena in Data Processing
I. Prigogine and R. Lefever (Chimie Physique II, UniversitŽ Libre de
Bruxelles, B-1050 Bruxelles): Theory of Dissipative Structures
E.H. Kerner (Physics Dept., University of Delaware, Newark, Del. 19711):
A Gibbs Ensemble Approach to Biochemical Kinetics
E.W. Montroll (River Campus Station, University of Rochester, Rochester,
NY 14627); B.J. West (Institute for Fundamental Studies, Dept. of Physics and
Astronomy, The University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627): Models of
Population Growth, Diffusion, Competition and Rearrangement
H. Kuhn
(Karl-Friedrich-Bonhoeffer-Institut, MPI fźr biophys. Chemie, D-3400 Gšttingen):
Selforganization of Nucleic Acids and the Evolution of the Genetic Apparatus
N. Ogita (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Saitama); U.
Ueda (Dept. of Appl. Mathematics and Physics, University of Kyoto, Kyoto); T.
Matsubara (Dept. of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto); F. Yonezawa, H. Matsuda (Res. Institute
for Fundamental Physics, University of Kyoto, Kyoto): Computer Simulation of
Helix-Coil Transition
W. Reichardt (MPI fźr biologische Kybernetik, D-7400 Tźbingen):
Mechanism of Pattern Recognition by the Visual System of Insects
B. Julesz (Head, Sensory and Perceptual Processes Dept., Bell Telephone
Laboratories Inc., Murray Hill, NJ): A Cooperative Model of Stereoscopic Depth
Perception
H.R. Wilson (Dept. of Theoret. Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago,
ILL 60637): Cooperative Phenomena in a Homogeneous Cortical Tissue Model
G. Adam
(Fachbereich Chemie der UniversitŠt, D-7750 Konstanz): Cooperative Transitions
in Biological Membranes
K. Tomita (Dept. of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Kyoto,
Kyoto): A Model for Muscle Contraction
H. Fršhlich (Chadwick Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool,
England): Organisation and Long Range Selective Interaction in Biological and
Other Pumped Systems
M. Wagner (Institut fźr theoretische Physik der UniversitŠt, D-7000
Stuttgart): Nonlinear Transport as a Possible Key to Physical Understanding in
Biology
M.D. Mesarovic (Systems Res. Center, Case Western Reserve University,
Cleveland, OH 44106): Theory of Hierarchical Structures
B. Chinitz, G. Crampton, S.C. Schwartz, J.R. Tucker, H. Weinblatt (Brown
University, Providence, RI); L.P. Kadanoff (Dept. of Physics, Brown University,
Providence, RI 02912): Metropolitan Models and Public Policy
W. Weidlich
(Institut fźr theoretische Physik der UniversitŠt, D-7000 Stuttgart):
Fokker-Planck Equation Treatment of Interacting Social Groups