I didn’t want to get tied up with trying to reference every paper, article or book that is relevant to each web page so here is a woefully incomplete list of the material that I have read over the last few years and has influenced my views and increased my knowledge. I will endeavour to extend this list over time.
| Title | Authors | Other details | Comments |
| Applied chaos theory | A B Cambel | Book | Good mathematical introduction to chaos theory |
| Frontiers of complexity | Peter Coveney & Roger Highfield | Book | Popular science introduction to complexity. Similar to chaos by Gleick |
| Chaos | James Gleick | Book | Best popular science introduction |
| Introduction to non-linear systems | J Berry | Book | Full mathematical treatment |
| Deterministic chaos | N Kumar | Book | Great little book. Some mathematics but a very good introduction to many of the concepts in complexity |
| Chaotic dynamics: An Introduction | G L Baker, J P Gollub | Book | Mathematical treatment but good narrative of the concepts. |
| Aspects of complexity: managing projects in a complex world | Terry Cooke-Davis | Kindle | Covers aspects of managing complexity from several viewpoints. Not very technical and many ideas are not substantiated but interesting read. |
| Complexity leadership: Part 1 conceptual understanding | Kindle | Set of articles from workshops. Well written and informative and references actual research. Non technical | |
| Rational choice in an uncertain world | Reid Hastie, Robyn Dawes | Kindle | Excellent book covering the psychology of judgement and decision making. A seemingly thorough review of academic research. |
| Complex adaptive systems: An introduction to computational models of social life. | John Millar, Scott Page | Kindle | Thorough review of types of computational model that can be applied to modelling social systems. Heavy going. |
| Signals and boundaries | John Holland | Kindle | |
| Revisiting the Edge of Chaos:Evolving Cellular Automata to Perform Computations | Melanie Mitchell1, Peter T. Hraber1, and James P. Crutch_eld2 | PDF on-line. Published in Complex Systems, 7:89-130, 1993 | |
| System Dynamics Modelling: A Practical Approach | R.G Coyle | Book | Classic text on system dynamic modelling and its impact upon cybernetics. Full treatment of cause effect diagrams and systems approach. |
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