Center for the Study of Complex Systems | U-M LSA Center for the Study of Complex Systems

Scott E. Page's most recent book will be available this November The Model Thinker provides a toolkit for business people, students, scientists, pollsters, and bloggers to make them better, clearer thinkers, able to leverage data and information to their advantage.

What do we do at CSCS? Our Center studies systems like economies, the brain, ecosystems, political systems, social networks, and the Internet that consist of many interacting parts, which in turn produce collective behaviors that exceed the capabilities of the constituent parts.

The Value of Thinking Differently Scott E Page Professor of Complex Systems

2016 Election Results As he has for the past several national elections, Professor Mark E Newman uses cartograms to interpret 2016 election results.

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Recent News

Scott E Page's new book available Nov. 27, 2018

The Model Thinker - What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You -- will be available for purchase on Nov. 27, 2018

A new paper by Michigan complex systems professors Elizabeth Bruch and Mark Newman describes a large-scale study of online dating behavior.

The paper "Aspirational pursuit of mates in online dating markets" has received widespread attention in the media and online.

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WELCOME TO THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS

The Center for the Study of Complex Systems (CSCS) is a broadly interdisciplinary program in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts (LSA) at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Our mission is to encourage and facilitate research and education in the general area of nonlinear, dynamical and adaptive systems.

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Events

Sep

The strength of dynamic ties: Dynamics promote cooperation, even in static ties

Ashley Harrell - Assistant Professor of Organizational Studies University of Michigan

11:30 AM
747 Weiser Hall

Sep

Evolution of & in Ecological Networks

One Day Symposium

8:30 AM
10th Floor Weiser Hall

Oct

Symposium on Complexity in Transportation Science: Connectivity, Data & Automation

8:30 AM
10th Floor Weiser Hall

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