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

Epstein, Joshua M.

ISBN 10: 0201959895 / ISBN 13: 9780201959895

Published by CRC Press, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Nonlinear Dynamics, Mathematical Biology, And Social Science (SANTA FE INSTITUTE STUDIES IN THE SCIENCES OF COMPLEXITY LECTURE NOTES)
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201959895
• ISBN 13: 9780201959895
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

Epstein reveals and exploits dynamical analogies between seemingly disparate social and biological phenomena.

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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.