Alternate realities : mathematical models of nature and man, by John L Casti.

Publisher: New York, N.Y. : J. Wiley and Sons, ©1989.
Summary:
Providing a modern account of the theory and practice of mathematical modelling, this treatment stresses system-theoretic concepts such as complexity, self-organization, adaptation, bifurcation, resiliance, surprise, uncertainty and the structures needed to employ these in a formal system.