Nonlinear Dynamics, Mathematical Biology, And Social Science: Wise Use Of Alternative Therapies (Santa Fe Institute Series) - Softcover

M. Epstein, Joshua

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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.

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Epstein, Joshua M.

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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.

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9780201959895: Nonlinear Dynamics, Mathematical Biology, And Social Science (SANTA FE INSTITUTE STUDIES IN THE SCIENCES OF COMPLEXITY LECTURE NOTES)

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ISBN 10:  0201959895 ISBN 13:  9780201959895
Publisher: CRC Press, 1997
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