| Nonlinear Dynamics, Mathematical Biology, and Social Science Contributor(s): Epstein, Joshua M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0201419882 ISBN-13: 9780201419887 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $75.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1997 Annotation: The volume includes a concentrated course on nonlinear dynamical systems. 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 invited 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Applied - Science | Mechanics - Dynamics |
| Dewey: 300.511 |
| LCCN: 97006802 |
| Series: Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 6.34" W x 9.06" (0.57 lbs) 180 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is based on a series of lectures on mathematical biology, the essential dynamics of complex and crucially important social systems, and the unifying power of mathematics and nonlinear dynamical systems theory. |