Interacting Stochastic Systems

This volume collects original work and reviews on work in the field of proba- bility which took place within the framework of the DFG-Schwerpunkt: Inter- acting stochastic systems of high complexity. This research network started in May 1997 and was funded till May 2003. In this network between 20-30 (depending on the 2-year periods of grant renewal) groups from probabil- ity, statistical physics and mathematical statistics within Germany were ac- tive. An extensive international collaboration was an essential part of this network and here particularly intense contacts were built up between the DFG-Schwerpunkt and EURANDOM, a European institute for research in stochastics, which was founded in 1997. This partnership reached from joint workshops and colloquia to collaborations on specific projects.
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