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Sustainability as a challenge in complex systems dynamics.

Mehrnaz Anvari^1,2, Marc Timme^3,4

¹Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing, Sankt-Augustin, Germany. mehrnaz.anvari@scai.fraunhofer.de.

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Understanding complex systems is crucial for sustainable development. This review highlights advances in analyzing infrastructure dynamics, like energy and mobility, to prevent failures and guide sustainable design.

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Area of Science:

Complex systems science
Sustainability science
Infrastructure engineering

Background:

Sustainable development faces interconnected environmental, social, and economic challenges.
Predicting and preventing failures in complex systems requires understanding emergent collective dynamics.
Existing research often lacks integration across disciplines.

Purpose of the Study:

To review recent advances in analyzing the collective dynamics of infrastructure systems.
To focus on electric energy supply and sustainable mobility as key examples.
To highlight the need for cross-disciplinary approaches in sustainable system design.

Main Methods:

Integration of data-driven methods and computational modeling.
Incorporation of conceptual theoretical progress.
Synthesis of insights from diverse scientific fields.

Main Results:

Analysis of collective dynamics in infrastructure systems reveals key phenomena.
Observed phenomena include flow disruptions and supply fluctuations.
Distributed demand drives non-equilibrium states in these systems.

Conclusions:

Cross-disciplinary tools are essential for guiding sustainable system design.
Understanding emergent dynamics is key to managing complex infrastructure.
Further integration of methods and insights is needed for resilient systems.