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How computers have changed the way we do physics - Structure in complex systems

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Theoretical Physics - From Outer Space to Plasma
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The power of available computers has now grown exponentially for many decades. The ability to discover numerically the implications of equations and models has opened our eyes to previously hidden aspects of physics.
In physics, "complex systems" are systems of many similar interacting parts, such as the interacting atoms that make up a solid or liquid, but also interacting organisms in an ecosystem, or interacting traders in the stock market. This lecture will discuss how recent advances in modeling and computer simulation have allowed us to apply physics-style approaches to these previously challenging real-world systems to learn about such things as the spread of diseases, the flow of traffic or the structure of entire human societies.

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Theoretical Physics - From Outer Space to Plasma
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Mark Newman
Keywords
modeling
simulation
disease
structure
Department: Department of Physics
Date Added: 11/02/2016
Duration: 00:36:54

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