Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Building a New Science for a Complex World. Complex Science for a Complex World: An Introduction -- Towards a New Ontology of Complexity Science -- Agents, Icons and Idols -- The Uncertain Fate of Self-Defeating Systems -- The Structure of Social Networks -- Integration and Implementation Sciences: Building a New Specialisation -- Part II. Exploring National Research Priorities with Agents -- Sustainability Assessment of Housing Developments: A New Methodology -- WISDOM-II: A Network Centric Model for Warfare -- Managing Agricultural Pest and Disease Incursions: An Application of Agent-Based Modelling -- SimDrug: A Multi-Agent System Tackling the Complexity of Illicit Drug Markets in Australia -- NEMSIM: Finding Ways to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions Using Multi-Agent Electricity Modelling -- AtollGame: A Companion Modelling Experience in the Pacific -- Multiple-Use Management Strategy Evaluation for Coastal Marine Ecosystems Using InVitro -- Rangeland Consolidation Patterns in Australia: An Agent-Based Modelling Approach.

Purpose is to attract more early career scientists into the editors' field of research and to convince decision-makers that a growing contingent of colleagues working on complexity theory can provide useful tools and methods to better understand complex and adaptive environments.

English.

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