Wolfgang Weidlich

Sociodynamics

A Systematic Approach to Mathematical Modelling in the Social Sciences

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An introduction to terminology, approaches, and goals in modelling, this well-organized text deals with applications and their mathematical methods. Appropriate for advanced undergraduates and graduate students, it requires a solid background in algebra and calculus. Topics include population dynamics, group interaction, political transitions, evolutionary economics, and urbanization. 2002 edition.

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Appropriate for advanced undergraduates and graduate students, this text introduces terminology, approaches, and goals in modelling. Topics include population dynamics, group interaction, political transitions, evolutionary economics, and urbanization. 2002 edition.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dover Publications
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juli 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 165mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 549g
• ISBN-13: 9780486450278
• ISBN-10: 0486450279
• Artikelnr.: 21176232

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Structures and Modelling Concepts 1. The Structure of Reality Under
Interdisciplinary Perspective 2. Quantitative Modelling in Social Science
3. The General Modelling Concept of Sociodynamics Part II. Selected
Applications 4. Migration of Interacting Populations 5. Group Dynamics: The
Rise and Fall of Interacting Social Groups 6. Opinion Formation on the
Verge of Political Phase-Transitions 7. Quality Competition between
High-Tech Firms 8. Dynamics of Conventional and Fashion Demand 9. Urban
Evolution and Population Pressure Part III. Mathematical Methods 10. The
Master Equation 11. Evolution Equations for Meanvalues and Variances in
Configuration Space 12. Stochastic Trajectories and Dynamic Equations for
Quasi-Meanvalues References and Related Literature Author Index Subject
Index