| Edition |
First paperback edition. |
| Description |
viii, 349 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-345). |
| Contents |
Exploring nonlinear dynamics with a spreadsheet : a graphical view of chaos for beginners / L. Douglas Kiel and Euel Elliott -- Probing the underlying structure in dynamical systems : an introduction to spectral analysis / Michael McBurnett -- Measuring chaos using the Lyapunov exponent / Thad A. Brown -- The prediction test for nonlinear determinism / Ted Jaditz -- From individuals to groups : the aggregation of votes and chaotic dynamics / Diana Richards -- Nonlinear |
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politics / Thad A. Brown -- The prediction of unpredictability : applications of the new paradigm of chaos in dynamical systems to the old problem of the stability of a system of hostile nations / Alvin M. Saperstein -- Complexity in the evolution of public opinion / Michael McBurnett -- Chaos theory and rationality in economics / J. Barkley Rosser, Jr. -- Long waves 1790-1990 : intermittency, chaos, and control / Brian J.L. Berry and Heja Kim -- Cities as spatial |
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choatic attractors / Dimitrios S. Dendrinos -- Field-theoretic framework for the interpretation of the evolution, instability, structural change, and management of complex systems / Kenyon B. De Greene -- Social science as the study of complex systems / David L. Harvey and Michael Reed. |
| Subject |
Social sciences -- Mathematical models.
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Chaotic behavior in systems.
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| Added Author |
Kiel, L. Douglas, 1956-
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Elliott, Euel W., 1951-
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| ISBN |
0472084720 |
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