Chaos and Catastrophe Theories (Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences): Nonlinear Modeling in the Social Sciences: 107 - Brossura

Brown, Courtney

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0803958471 ISBN 13: 9780803958470

Casa editrice: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1995

Riassunto

What is chaos? How can it be measured? How are the models estimated? What is catastrophe? How is it modelled? How are the models estimated? These questions are the focus of this volume.

Beginning with an explanation of the differences between deterministic and probabilistic models, Brown then introduces the reader to chaotic dynamics. Other topics covered are finding settings in which chaos can be measured, estimating chaos using nonlinear least squares and specifying catastrophe models. Finally a nonlinear system of equations that models catastrophe using real survey data is estimated.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Courtney Brown is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Emory University.  Dr. Brown has taught differential equation modeling to graduate and undergraduate students for over 20 years.  His teaching and research interests also include other quantitative methods, political musicology, science fiction and politics, electoral behavior, political parties, democratic development, and politics and the environment.  He has authored five books that deal with differential equation models in the social sciences, including three titles for the Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences series.

Contenuti:

Working with Deterministic Mathematical Models
PART ONE
What Is Chaos?
Measuring Chaos
Estimating Chaos Models
PART TWO
What Is a Catastrophe?
Strategies for Specifying Catastrophe Models
Estimating Catastrophe Models

Su questa edizione

• Editore: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0803958471
• ISBN 13: 9780803958470
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 88