Chaos and Catastrophe Theories

by Courtney Brown

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803958471
• ISBN13: 9780803958470
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.5"