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9780803958470 Academic Inspection Copy

Chaos and Catastrophe Theories

  • ISBN-13: 9780803958470
  • Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
    Imprint: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
  • By Courtney M. Brown
  • Price: AUD $103.00
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  • Local release date: 01/01/1995
  • Format: Paperback (215.00mm X 139.00mm) 88 pages Weight: 130g
  • Categories: Social theory [JHBA]Chaos theory [PBWS]
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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 catastrophe models. Finally a nonlinear system of equations that models catastrophe using real survey data is estimated.
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.
Working with Deterministic Mathematical Models PART ONE What Is Chaos? Measuring Chaos Estimating Chaos Models PART TWO What Is a Catastrophe? Strategies for Specifying Catastrophe Models Estimating Catastrophe Models
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