简介:BackgroundInresponsetotheevolutionofscienceandtechnologyfromcompartmentalizationtoreunification,thestudyofcomplexsystemsandmulti-scalemethodologyhasreceivedincreasingattentionfromvariousscientificdisciplinesandengineeringfields,somuchsothatcomplexityhassometimesbeencalledthescienceofthe21stcenturywithmulti-scalemethodologyasanaccompanyingchallenge.