chaoplexology

English

Etymology

From chaoplex +‎ -ology. By surface analysis, chao- +‎ -plex +‎ -o- +‎ -log +‎ -y.

Noun

chaoplexology (plural chaoplexologies)

  1. The study of chaoplexity.
    • 2007, J. Barkley Rosser Jr., “The rise and fall of catastrophe theory applications in economics: Was the baby thrown out with the bathwater?”, in Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control[1], volume 31, number 10:
      The science writer, Horgan, 1995, Horgan, 1997, has ridiculed what he labels ‘chaoplexology,’ a combination of chaos theory and complexity theory.