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by Wolfgang Weidlich
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ISBN: 0486450279 Dover Publications Price: $24.95 |
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An introduction to terminology, approaches, and goals in modelling, this well-organized text deals with applications and their mathematical methods. Appropriate for advanced undergraduates and graduate students, it requires a solid background in algebra and calculus. Topics include population dynamics, group interaction, political transitions, evolutionary economics, and urbanization. 2002 edition.
Unabridged republication of the edition published by Taylor & Francis, London, 2000.
Table of Contents for Sociodynamics: A Systemic Approach to Mathematical Modelling in the Social Sciences
| Part I. Structures and Modelling Concepts | |||||||
| 1. The Structure of Reality Under Interdisciplinary Perspective | |||||||
| 2. Quantitative Modelling in Social Science | |||||||
| 3. The General Modelling Concept of Sociodynamics | |||||||
| Part II. Selected Applications | |||||||
| 4. Migration of Interacting Populations | |||||||
| 5. Group Dynamics: The Rise and Fall of Interacting Social Groups | |||||||
| 6. Opinion Formation on the Verge of Political Phase-Transitions | |||||||
| 7. Quality Competition between High-Tech Firms | |||||||
| 8. Dynamics of Conventional and Fashion Demand | |||||||
| 9. Urban Evolution and Population Pressure | |||||||
| Part III. Mathematical Methods | |||||||
| 10. The Master Equation | |||||||
| 11. Evolution Equations for Meanvalues and Variances in Configuration Space | |||||||
| 12. Stochastic Trajectories and Dynamic Equations for Quasi-Meanvalues | |||||||
| References and Related Literature | |||||||
| Author Index | |||||||
| Subject Index |