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Title

Differential equations : a modeling approach / Courtney Brown.

Author

Brown, Courtney, 1952-

Publication

Los Angeles : Sage Publications, c2007.

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Sage Publications

Description

x, 106 p. : ill.; 22 cm.

Summary

"Differential Equations: A Modeling Approach is an exceptionally clear and concise introduction to differential equations and differential equation modeling for students and researchers in the social sciences. The mixture of nonlinearity with dynamic systems is virtually a trademark for author Courtney Brown's approach to modeling, and this theme comes through in a straightforward manner throughout this volume." "This is an excellent text for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses such as Statistical Modeling, Quantitative Methods, and Differential Equations across the social and behavioral sciences."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Quantitative applications in the social sciences, a Sage pulications series; no. 07-150

Uniform Title

Quantitative applications in the social sciences ; no. 07-150.

Subject

• Differential equations
• Mathematical models
• Mathematics

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 100-101) and index.

Contents

Dynamic models and social change -- First-order differential equations -- Systems of first-order differential equations -- Some classic social science examples of first-order systems -- Transforming second-order and nonautonomous differential equations into systems of first-order differential equations -- Stability analyses of linear differential equation systems -- Stability analyses of nonlinear differential equation systems -- Frontiers of exploration.

ISBN

• 9781412941082 (pbk.)
• 1412941083 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2006101376

OCLC

76961357

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library