A few months ago, I awoke to find a streak spanning the length of my kitchen wall that looked like it had been drawn there ...

Simulation modelling has emerged as a vital tool for understanding and managing the inherent complexity of numerous systems, from healthcare and manufacturing to logistics and business operations. By ...

Complex systems such as metabolic pathways, ecosystems, the Internet, or human societies are comprised of large numbers of components that interact according to rules that change over time and that ...

SURD, an algorithm, reveals causal links in complex systems. Applications may include forecasting climate to projecting population growth to designing efficient aircraft. Getting to the heart of ...

This article is part of a larger project by The Michigan Daily to examine University of Michigan research trends by analyzing academic paper citations. The Michigan Daily spoke with Mark Newman, ...

From the complicated web of scientific knowledge to interactions among entire species, complex and interconnected systems are all around us. Understanding cause and effect in such intricate systems ...