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The Journal of Complex Systems is a new journal, published by 
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                         AIMS and SCOPES
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The Journal of Complex Systems aims to provide a medium of
communication for multidisciplinary approaches, either empirical 
or theoretical, to the study of complex systems in such diverse 
fields as biology, physics, engineering, economics, cognitive 
science and social sciences, so as to promote the cross-
fertilization of ideas among all the scientific disciplines 
having to deal with their own complex systems. By complex system, 
it is meant a system comprised of a (usually large) number of 
(usually strongly) interacting entities, processes, or agents, the 
understanding of which requires the development, or the use of, 
new scientific tools, nonlinear models, out-of equilibrium 
descriptions and computer simulations. Understanding the behavior 
of the whole from the behavior of its constituent units is a 
recurring theme in modern science, and is the central topic of the 
Journal of Complex Systems. 

Papers suitable for publication in the Journal of Complex Systems 
should deal with complex systems, from an empirical or theoretical 
viewpoint, or both, in biology, physics, engineering, economics, 
cognitive science and social sciences. This list is not exhaustive. 
Papers should have a cross-disciplinary approach or perspective, and
have a significant scientific and technical content. 



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                         EDITORIAL BOARD
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Eric Bonabeau (Editor-in-Chief), Santa Fe Institute, USA
Yaneer Bar-Yam, NECSI, USA
Eshel Ben-Jacob, Tel Aviv University, Israel 
Jean-Louis Dessalles, Telecom Paris, France 
Nigel R. Franks, University of Bath, UK 
Toshio Fukuda, Nagoya University, Japan 
Paolo Gaudiano, Boston University, USA 
Alfred Hubler, University of Illinois,Urbana-Champaign, USA 
Cliff Joslyn, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA 
Alan Kirman, GREQAM EHESS, France 
Erik Mosekilde, The Technical University of Denmark 
Avidan U. Neumann, Bar-Ilan University, Israel 
Scott Page, University of Iowa, USA 
Diana Richards, University of Minnesota, USA 
Frank Schweitzer, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany 
Ricard V. Sole,Universitat Politcnica de Catalunya, Spain 
Peter Stadler, University of Vienna, Austria 
Luc Steels, Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium 
Guy Theraulaz, Paul Sabatier University, France 
Andreas Wagner, Santa Fe Institute, USA 
Gerard Weisbuch, Ecole Normale Superieure, France 
David H. Wolpert, NASA Ames Research Center, USA
Yi-Cheng Zhang, Universite de Fribourg, Switzerland



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                 INSTRUCTIONS for prospective AUTHORS
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Original papers can be submitted as regular papers or as letters. 
Regular papers report detailed results, whereas letters are short 
communications, not exceeding 3000 words, that report important new 
results. Ideally, regular papers should contain between 3000 and 
12000 words, but the editors may consider the publication of shorter 
or longer papers if necessary. Short reviews and tutorials will also be 
considered. Please contact the Editor-in-Chief (bonabeau at santafe.edu) 
before embarking on a review or tutorial. 

It is extremely important that papers contain a sufficiently long 
introduction accessible to a wide readership, and that results be put 
in broader perspective in the conclusion. However, the main body of a 
paper should not have a low technical content under the pretext that 
the journal is multi-disciplinary. 

The submission of a manuscript will be taken to imply that thematerial 
is original and has not been and will not be (unless not accepted in 
the Journal of Complex Systems) submitted in equivalent form for 
publication elsewhere. 

Papers will be published in English. The American or the British forms 
of spelling may be used, but this usage must be consistent throughout 
the manuscript. 

Electronic submission is requested. Authors that use LaTex should use 
the template files which are available at the journal's web page 
(http://www.santafe.edu/~bonabeau. Authors using word processors should 
conform to the style given in the sample postscript file (jcs.ps) which
can also be downloaded from the journal's web page. A postscript file 
is sufficient for the first submission. Source files will be requested 
when the paper is accepted for publication. 

To submit a paper, upload it by ftp: 

> ftp ftp.santafe.edu 
> Name: anonymous 
> Password: you email address 
> cd pub/bonabeau/incoming 
> mput files 
> bye 


Files cannot be downloaded from there, and directories cannot be 
created. After uploading your files, send an email to 
bonabeau at santafe.edu including a list of all uploaded files, a brief 
description of the paper and a list of keywords. 



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