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Chaos and catastrophe theories have become one of the major frontiers in the social sciences. Brown helps to clarify this complex new technique for modeling by approaching it with the following questions: What is Chaos? How can it be measured? How are the models estimated? What is catastrophe? How i…

Chaos and Catastrophe Theories

Nonlinear Modeling in the Social Sciences

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    88 pages

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    31 December 1994

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Summary

What is chaos? How can it be measured? How are the models estimated? What is catastrophe? How is it modelled? How are the models estimated? These questions are the focus of this volume.



Beginning with an explanation of the differences between deterministic and probabilistic models, Brown then introduces the reader to chaotic dynamics. Other topics covered are finding settings in which chaos can be measured, estimating chaos using nonlinear least squares and specifying ca…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780803958470
ISBN-10:0803958471
Author:Courtney M. Brown
Publisher:SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:SAGE Publications Inc
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:88
Edition:1st
Release Date:31 December 1994
Weight:130g
Dimensions:139mm x 215mm
Series:Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences
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About The Author

Courtney M. Brown

Courtney Brown is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Emory University. Dr. Brown has taught differential equation modeling to graduate and undergraduate students for over 20 years. His teaching and research interests also include other quantitative methods, political musicology, science fiction and politics, electoral behavior, political parties, democratic development, and politics and the environment. He has authored five books that deal with differential equation models in the social sciences, including three titles for the Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences series.

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