Wiley-Interscience, 1989. - 493 pages.
This up-to-date treatment stresses dynamics rather than statics, nonlinearity rather than linearity, and possibility rather than optimality. A thoroughly mode account of the theory and practice of mathematical modeling, treatment focuses on system-theoretic concepts such as complexity, self-organization, adaptation, bifurcation, resilience, surprise and uncertainty, and the mathematical structures needed to employ these in a formal system. Applications are drawn mainly from the social, behavioral, and life sciences, rather than the physical sciences. Includes extensive problem sets and discussion questions.
This up-to-date treatment stresses dynamics rather than statics, nonlinearity rather than linearity, and possibility rather than optimality. A thoroughly mode account of the theory and practice of mathematical modeling, treatment focuses on system-theoretic concepts such as complexity, self-organization, adaptation, bifurcation, resilience, surprise and uncertainty, and the mathematical structures needed to employ these in a formal system. Applications are drawn mainly from the social, behavioral, and life sciences, rather than the physical sciences. Includes extensive problem sets and discussion questions.