The Electronic Oracle: Computer Models and Social Decisions

by Donella H. Meadows and J.M. Robinson

An in-depth analysis of the strengths and limitations of computer models in helping solve social, economic and political problems, using nine recent models as examples. Addressing the growing disillusionment with models among researchers and policymakers, the authors discuss what has been done and what still needs to be done to make modeling a more viable and realistic analytical tool.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471905585
• ISBN13: 9780471905585
• Release Date: May 1985
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 462 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"