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Chaos and Catastrophe Theories

Chaos and Catastrophe Theories

Brown, Courtney M.

Paperback

Series: Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences, Book 107

Medical ReferenceGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0803958471
ISBN13: 9780803958470
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Published: Jun 28 1995
Pages: 88
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.31 Width: 5.38 Depth: 8.49
Language: English
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 is it modeled? Beginning with an explanation of the differences between deterministic and probabilistic models, Brown 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, the author estimates a nonlinear system of equations that models catastrophe using real survey data. Researchers wanting to understand and make use of this exciting new direction in social measurement and modeling will find this book an excellent and cogent introduction.

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