A Mathematical Modeling Approach from Nonlinear Dynamics to Complex Systems

Preface.- An overview of the generalized Gardner equation: symmetry groups and conservation laws; Maria S. Bruzon.- On symmetries and conservation laws for a generalized Fisher equation; Maria Luz Gandarias, Maria Rosa.- From Complex Systems theory to Disasters Risk Reduction Management; Leonardo B. L. Santos, Luciana R. Londe, Tiago Carvalho, Daniel S. Menasche.- Fireflies: a paradigm in synchronization; G. M. Ramírez-Ávila, Juergen Kurths, Jean-Louis Deneubourg.- An investigation of the chaotic transient for a boundary crisis in the Fermi-Ulam model; Edson D. Leonel, Murilo Ferrioli Marques.- Tunable orbits influence in a driven stadium-like billiard; Andre Livorati.- Transport barriers in nonintegrable dynamical systems; Marisa Roberto.- Barriers in Two-dimensional and Multidimensional Systems; Erico Rempel, Abraham C. -L Chian.- New Trends in Chaos-based Communications and Signal Processing; Marcio Eisencraft.- Complex Networks and Centrality; Francisco Rodrigues.- Characterizing flows by complex network methods; Reik Donner.