Complex and chaotic nonlinear dynamics

Nonlinear dynamics is increasingly used to model natural and physical systems, as well as financial and economic ones. This book draws together material on complex dynamics from several academic fields.

Economics and finance are a central concern. The book looks at how macroeconomic growth models have shifted toward nonlinear structures and at signal processing methods applied to stock market data. Other major sections cover the use of nonlinear dynamics in mathematics, statistics, and signal theory and processing.

The text includes many worked examples and applications, along with almost 700 illustrations and numerical simulations produced in Matlab. It is intended for researchers and students from different disciplines who work with nonlinear systems. An appendix reviews the basic mathematical concepts needed to follow the material.