TY - JOUR
AU1 - Wio, Horacio S.
AU2 - Rodriguez, Miguel A.
AU3 - Pesquera, Luis
AB - The general area of complex systems is at the forefront of interdisciplinary research, with networks already operating at European and other international levels. The interest in this area of research is due to several aspects, but particularly to its interdisciplinary character, where scientists coming from physics, chemistry, biology, economics, sociology, mathematics and engineering, interact and contribute with their different approaches and views to the understanding of very complex issues involving problems from nanotechnologies through biology, to economics and sociology. The European scientific community has been pioneer in favouring the organization of interdisciplinary research projects. Some of the earlier proposals in bridging the gap between different disciplines have their origin in worldwide recognized European “schools”, with some of the leading experimental groups on pattern formation located in Europe. In this way it was possible to contribute to the understanding of the arising of patterns in many relevant biological, chemical, and even sociological situations. Fluctuations or noise have also played a changing role in science, from being a nuisance in the past to the recent realization that noise can actually play a central role in inducing or triggering new phenomena. Examples with noise leading to an organized behaviour include: stochastic resonance, 
TI - Editorial
JF - "The European Physical Journal Special Topics"
DO - 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00062-6
DA - 2007-04-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/editorial-erVBidehOU
SP - VII
EP - VIII
VL - 143
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -