Complex system modelling and methodology -- A Passage to Complex Systems -- Holistic Metrics, a Trial on Interpreting Complex Systems -- Different Goals in Multiscale Simulations and How to Reach Them -- Invariant Manifolds of Complex Systems -- Application of Homotopy Perturbation Method for Ecosystems Modelling -- Swarm intelligence and neuronal learning -- Multi Objective Optimization Using Ant Colonies -- Self-Organization in an Artificial Immune Network System -- On Adapting Neural Network to Cellular Manufacturing -- Socio-environmental complex modelling and territorial intelligence -- The Evolution Process of Geographical Database within Self-Organized Topological Propagation Area -- Self-Organization Simulation over Geographical Information Systems Based on Multi-Agent Platform -- Cliff Collapse Hazards Spatio-Temporal Modelling through GIS: from Parameters Determination to Multi-scale Approach -- Structural and Dynamical Complexities of Risk and Catastrophe Systems: an Approach by System Dynamics Modelling -- Detection and Reification of Emerging Dynamical Ecosystems from Interaction Networks -- Emotion and cognition modelling -- Simulation of Emotional Processes in Decision Making -- Emotions: Theoretical Models and Clinical Implications -- Production systems and simulation -- Complex Systems Dynamics in an Economic Model with Mean Field Interactions -- Complexity of Traffic Interactions: Improving Behavioural Intelligence in Driving Simulation Scenarios -- An Integrative Simulation Model for Project Management in Chemical Process Engineering.

The concern of this book is the use of emergent computing and self-organization modelling within various applications of complex systems. The authors focus their attention both on the innovative concepts and implementations in order to model self-organizations, but also on the relevant applicative domains in which they can be used efficiently. This book is the outcome of a workshop meeting within ESM 2006 (Eurosis), held in Toulouse, France in October 2006.