From Hamiltonian Chaos to Complex Systems

Part I. Low Dimensional Chaos

1. Weak Chaos, Infinite Ergodic Theory, and Anomalous Dynamics
Rainer Klages

2. Directed Transport in a Stochastic Layer
Alexei Vasiliev

Part II. From Chaos to Kinetics: Application to Hot Plasmas

3. On the Nonlinear Electron Vibrations in a Plasma
Didier Bénisti

4. How to Face the Complexity of Plasmas?
Dominique F. Escande

5. First Principle Transport Modeling in Fusion Plasmas: Critical Issues for ITER
Yanick Sarazin

Part III. From Kinetics to Fluids and Solids

6. Turbulent Thermal Convection and Emergence of Isolated Large Single Vortices in Soap Bubbles
Hamid Kellay

7. On the Occurrence of Elastic Singularities in Compressed Thin Sheets: Stress Focusing and Defocusing
Alain Pocheau

8. Transport Properties in a Model of Quantum Fluids and Solids
Christophe Josserand

Part IV. Beyond Physics: Examples of Complex Systems

9. Spatial and Temporal Order Beyond the Deterministic Limit: The Role of Stochastic Fluctuations in Population Dynamics
Duccio Fanelli

10. An Ising Model for Road Traffic Inference
Cyril Furtlehner

Keywords: Engineering, Complexity, Nonlinear Dynamics, Complex Systems