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Simulation for Policy Inquiry

Simulation for Policy Inquiry

Paperback

General SociologySocial Movements

ISBN10: 1493901001
ISBN13: 9781493901005
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Jun 11 2014
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.78
Height: 0.52 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

PART I.- 1.Simulation Design for Policy Audiences: Informing Decision in the Face of Uncertainty.- 2.Using Simulation as a Scenario Builder for Decision Making - A Case Study Using the Nurse-Family Partnership Program in Louisiana.- 3.The Utility of Multilevel Modeling vs. Agent-Based Modeling in Examining Spatial Disparities in Diet and Health: The Case of Food Deserts.- PART II.- 4.Urban Renaissance or Invasion: Planning the Development of a Simulation Model of Gentrification.- 5.Simulating Life Cycle Costs for Nuclear Facilities.- 6.Simulating a Fraud Mechanism in Public Service Delivery.- 7. Exploring Assumptions through Possible Worlds: The Case of Homeownership.- PART III.- 8.Simulating the Multiple Impacts of Deferred Maintenance.- 9.Pandemic Influenza Simulation with Public Avoidance Behavior.- 10.Iterative Storytelling in Public Policy: A Systems Thinking Approach Hightower.

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