Schweitzer F., Farmer J.D. Brownian Agents and Active Particles: Collective Dynamics in the Natural and Social Sciences

New York: Springer, 2007. — 426 p.This book lays out a vision for a coherent framework for understanding complex systems. By developing the genuine idea of Brownian agents, the author combines concepts from informatics, such as multiagent systems, with approaches of statistical many-particle physics. It demonstrates that Brownian agent models can be successfully applied in many different contexts, ranging from physicochemical pattern formation to swarming in biological systems.