Abstract
This topic review communicates working experiences regarding the interaction of a multiplicity of processes. We draw on examples of climate change modelling, materials science, cell physiology, public health, and macroeconomic modelling. Recent years have witnessed astonishing advances not only in broadband temporal frequency sampling, multiscale modelling, and fast large-scale numerical simulation of complex systems, but also in the continual uncertainty of many science-based results. In accordance with the aims of this collection, in this chapter we describe and analyze properties that depend on the time scale of the measurement, structural instability, tipping points, thresholds, hysteresis, and feedback mechanisms with runaways, stabilization or delays. While paying tribute to the advances in data collection and interpretation, we point to grave disorientation in statistical sampling, the interpretation of observations, and the design of control when neglecting the presence or emergence of multiple characteristic times. To us, environmental research is the preferred field of application to demonstrate the meaning of these working experiences, mostly gained in materials science, public health, and macroeconomics.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Multiplicity of Time Scales in Complex Systems : Challenges for Sciences and Communication II |
Editors | Bernhelm Booß-Bavnbek, Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen, Katherine Richardson, Oriol Vallès Codina |
Number of pages | 98 |
Place of Publication | Cham |
Publisher | Springer |
Publication date | 8 Nov 2023 |
Pages | 365-462 |
Article number | 12 |
Chapter | Part II |
ISBN (Print) | 978-3-031-45104-1 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-3-031-45105-8 |
Publication status | Published - 8 Nov 2023 |
Event | Multiplicity of Time Scales in Complex Systems: Challenges for Sciences and Dissemination - The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, København, Denmark Duration: 24 Aug 2021 → 25 Aug 2021 https://events.ruc.dk/timescales/ |
Conference
Conference | Multiplicity of Time Scales in Complex Systems |
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Location | The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters |
Country/Territory | Denmark |
City | København |
Period | 24/08/2021 → 25/08/2021 |
Internet address |
Series | Mathematics Online First Collections |
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ISSN | 2730-633X |