Half a century ago, economic research took a little-noticed yet dramatic departure from the study of concepts most people ...

Half a century ago, economic research took a little-noticed yet dramatic departure from the study of concepts most people might be familiar with from Econ 101. The field shifted from an almost ...

Abha Eli Phoboo: From the Santa Fe Institute, this is Complexity. Melanie Mitchell: I’m Melanie Mitchell. Abha: And I’m Abha Eli Phoboo. [THEME MUSIC FADES OUT] So far in this season, we’ve looked at ...

The adoption and diffusion of new technologies, including those associated with energy distribution and management, requires a deep appreciation of the properties and diversity of social systems.

A historical archive of SFI's in-house preprint series, retired in 2017.

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Real-world computers have operational constraints that cause nonzero entropy production (EP). In particular, almost all real-world computers are 'periodic', iteratively undergoing the same physical ...

The Graduate Workshop in Computational Social Science Modeling and Complexity brings together a group of advanced Ph.D. students and a small faculty for an intensive two-week study of computational ...

Santa Fe's high altitude (7,000 feet above sea level) means air is rarefied, thinner. It usually takes about 48 hours to adjust and staying hydrated helps. Watch your alcohol intake. One drink is the ...

We introduce a novel mathematical approach to investigating the spread and control of communicable infections in closed communities. Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a major cause of bacterial pneumonia in ...

Complex Systems Summer School (CSSS) offers an intensive four-week introduction to complex behavior in mathematical, physical, living, and social systems. CSSS brings together graduate students, ...

“Capitalism plus technology, under many conditions, can generate externalities that exceed the political-economic damage of mercantilism — from unemployment to climate change. Adam Smith needs to meet ...