Nonlinear Dynamics, Mathematical Biology, And Social Science (SANTA FE INSTITUTE STUDIES IN THE SCIENCES OF COMPLEXITY LECTURE NOTES) - Hardcover

Epstein, Joshua M.

9780201959895: Nonlinear Dynamics, Mathematical Biology, And Social Science (SANTA FE INSTITUTE STUDIES IN THE SCIENCES OF COMPLEXITY LECTURE NOTES)

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ISBN 10: 0201959895 ISBN 13: 9780201959895

Publisher: CRC Press, 1997

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Epstein reveals and exploits dynamical analogies between seemingly disparate social and biological phenomena..

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The volume includes a concentrated course on nonlinear dynamical systems. These lectures develop simple models of complex social processes using nonlinear dynamics and mathematical biology. Dynamical analogies between seemingly disparate social and biological phenomena--revolutions and epidemics, arms races, and ecosystem dynamics--are revealed and exploited. Nonlinear Dynamics, Mathematical Biology, and Social Science invited social scientists to relax--in some cases abandon--the predominant assumption of perfectly informed utility maximization and explore social dynamics from such perspectives as epidemiology and predator-prey theory.

About the Author

Joshua M. Epstein is a Senior Fellow in Economic Studies at The Brookings Institution and a Member of the External Faculty of the Santa Fe Institute. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from M.I.T., and has taught Complex Systems at Princeton and the Santa Fe Institute Summer School. His books include Measuring Military Power Conventional Force Reductions: A Dynamic Assessment and, with coauthor Robert Axtell, Growing Artificial Societies: Social Science from the Bottom Up. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife Melissa and their daughter Anna Matilda.

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