Chaos and Catastrophe Theories (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)

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.

General

Imprint:	Sage Publications Ltd
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences
Release date:	August 1995
First published:	June 1995
Authors:	Courtney M. Brown
Dimensions:	217 x 140 x 6mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	77
Edition:	Illustrated Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-8039-5847-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social theory Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Applied mathematics > Chaos theory
LSN:	0-8039-5847-1
Barcode:	9780803958470

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