Complexity Theory

Complexity theory may refer to:

  • The study of a complex system or complex systems
  • Complexity theory and organizations, the application of complexity theory to strategy
  • Complexity economics, the application of complexity theory to economics
  • Chaos theory, the study of the behavior of dynamical systems that are highly sensitive to initial conditions
  • Computational complexity theory, a field in theoretical computer science and mathematics
  • Algorithmic information theory

Famous quotes containing the words complexity and/or theory:

    “In times like ours, where the growing complexity of life leaves us barely the time to read the newspapers, where the map of Europe has endured profound rearrangements and is perhaps on the brink of enduring yet others, where so many threatening and new problems appear everywhere, you will admit it may be demanded of a writer that he be more than a fine wit who makes us forget in idle and byzantine discussions on the merits of pure form ...”
    —Marcel Proust (1871–1922)

    “Freud was a hero. He descended to the “Underworld” and met there stark terrors. He carried with him his theory as a Medusa’s head which turned these terrors to stone.”
    —R.D. (Ronald David)