Models for Research and Understanding : Exploring Dynamic Systems, Unconventional Approaches, and Applications

This introductory textbook/reference addresses the fundamental and mostly applied kinds of models. The focus is on models of dynamic systems that move and change over time. However, the work also proposes new methods of uncertainty treatment, offering supporting examples.

Topics and features:

• Chapters suitable for textbook use in teaching modeling and simulation
• Includes sections of questions and answers, helpful in didactic work
• Proposes new methodology in addition to examining conventional approaches
• Offers some cognitive, more abstract models to give a wider insight on model building

The book's readership may consist of researchers working on multidisciplinary problems, as well educators and students. It may be used while teaching computer simulation, applied mathematics, system analysis and system dynamics.