Qualitative Theory of Dynamical Systems, Tools and Applications for Economic Modelling - Lectures Given at the COST Training School on New Economic Complex Geography at Urbino, Italy, 17-19 September 2015 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

The book presents the lectures delivered during a short course held at Urbino University in summer 2015 on qualitative theory of dynamical systems, included in the activities of the COST Action IS1104 "The EU in the new economic complex geography: models, tools and policy evaluation". It provides a basic introduction to dynamical systems and optimal control both in continuous and discrete time, as well as some numerical methods and applications in economic modelling. Economic and social systems are intrinsically dynamic, characterized by interdependence, nonlinearity and complexity, and these features can only be approached using a qualitative analysis based on the study of invariant sets (equilibrium points, limit cycles and more complex attractors, together with the boundaries of their basins of attraction), which requires a trade-off between analytical, geometrical and numerical methods. Even though the early steps of the qualitative theory of dynamical systems have been in continuous time models, in economic and social modelling discrete time is often used to describe event-driven (often decision-driven) evolving systems. The book is written for Ph.D. and master's students, post-doctoral fellows, and researchers in economics or sociology, and it only assumes a basic knowledge of calculus. However it also suggests some more advanced topics.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Springer Proceedings in Complexity
Release date:	June 2016
First published:	2016
Editors:	Gian-Italo Bischi • Anastasiia Panchuk • Davide Radi
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	327
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-33274-1
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Economic theory & philosophy Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social research & statistics > General Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > Economic geography
LSN:	3-319-33274-0
Barcode:	9783319332741

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