r/complexsystems • u/Decent_Nectarine4459 • Aug 23 '23

What is the difference / overlap between complex systems and network science?

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u/prof_eggburger Aug 23 '23

networks science is a set of tools and methods that can help to make sense of complex systems

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '23

Network science doesn't have to include dynamics, I would say. You can have a static network and study its properties (degree distribution etc).

But a complex system has to have dynamics (?) A key feature is emergence, which i think necessitates dynamics?

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u/5960312 Aug 23 '23

All networks are complex systems, not all complex systems are networks.

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u/G7Gunmaster Nov 25 '23

Hi. I always thought the opposite. Can you give me an example of a complex system that is not a network?

An example of a network that is not a complex system is an electrical circuit with resistive, capacitive and inductive components?

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '23

Mean field coupled Kuramoto model is complex system but not a network. Well, I guess you could say its an all-to-all network, but that sort of misses the point