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Nonlinear dynamics, mathematical biology, and social science
- Title
- Nonlinear dynamics, mathematical biology, and social science / Joshua M. Epstein.
- Author
- Epstein, Joshua M., 1951-
- Publication
- Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., [1997], ©1997.
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- Description
- xi, 164 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- These lectures develop simple models of complex social processes using nonlinear dynamics and mathematical biology. Dynamical analogies between seemingly disparate social and biological phenomena - revolutions and epidemics, arms races, and ecosystem dynamics - are revealed and exploited. Nonlinear Dynamics, Mathematical Biology, and Social Science invites social scientists to relax - in some cases abandon - the predominant assumption of perfectly informed utility maximization and explore social dynamics from such perspectives as epidemiology and predator-prey theory. The volume includes a concentrated course on nonlinear dynamical systems.
- Series Statement
- Santa Fe Institute studies in the sciences of complexity. Lecture notes ; v. 4
- Uniform Title
- Santa Fe Institute studies in the sciences of complexity. Lecture notes ; v. 4.
- Subject
- Social sciences > Mathematical models
- Biological systems > Mathematical models
- Sociale interactie
- Sociale processen
- Modellen
- Niet-lineaire dynamica
- Biologie
- CIÊNCIAS SOCIAIS (MODELOS MATEMÁTICOS)
- BIOLOGIA (MODELOS MATEMÁTICOS)
- Sciences sociales > Modèles mathématiques
- Systèmes biologiques > Modèles mathématiques
- Ssystèmes non linéaires
- Sozialwissenschaften
- Sozialer Prozess
- Kollektive Sicherheit
- Nichtlineares System
- Nichtlineare Dynamik
- Biomathematik
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-157) and index.
- Contents
- Lecture 1. On The Mathematical Biology of Arms Races, Wars, and Revolutions -- Lecture 2. Adaptive Dynamic Model of Combat -- Lecture 3. Imperfect Collective Security and Arms Race Dynamics: Why a Little Cooperation Can Make a Big Difference -- Lecture 4. Revolutions, Epidemics, and Ecosystems: Some Dynamical Analogies -- Lecture 5. Theoretical Perspective on the Spread of Drugs -- Lecture 6. Introduction of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems.
- ISBN
- 0201959895
- 9780201959895
- 0201419882
- 9780201419887
- LCCN
- 97006802
- 9780201959895
- OCLC
- ocm36573624
- 36573624
- SCSB-5841825
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries