Qualitative Modeling of Complex Systems : : An Introduction to Loop Analysis and Time Averaging / / Charles J. Puccia, Richard Levins.
In this modern era of mathematical modeling, applications have become increasingly complicated. As the complexity grows, it becomes more and more difficult to draw meaningful conclusions about the behavior of theoretical models and their relations to reality. Alongside methods that emphasize quantit...
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Puccia, Charles J., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Qualitative Modeling of Complex Systems : An Introduction to Loop Analysis and Time Averaging / Charles J. Puccia, Richard Levins. Reprint 2014 Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013] ©1985 1 online resource (259 p.) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. Qualitative Models -- 2. Loop Models: Definition of Terms and Calculation of Model Properties -- 3. Loop Models: Predicting Change -- 4. Qualitative Predictions -- 5. From Concept to Model -- 6. Dynamical Systems and Loop Analysis -- 7. Time Averaging -- Appendix References Index -- Appendix: Some Mathematical Operations and Concepts -- References -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star In this modern era of mathematical modeling, applications have become increasingly complicated. As the complexity grows, it becomes more and more difficult to draw meaningful conclusions about the behavior of theoretical models and their relations to reality. Alongside methods that emphasize quantitative properties and the testing of scientific details, there is a need for approaches that are more qualitative. These techniques attempt to cover whole families of models in one bold stroke, in a manner that allows robust conclusions to be drawn about them. Loop analysis and time averaging provide a means of interpreting the properties of systems from the network of interactions within the system. The authors' methodology concentrates on graphical representation to guide experimental design, to identify sources of external variability from the statistical pattern of variables, and to make management decisions. Although most of the examples are drawn from ecology, the methods are relevant to all of the pure and applied sciences. This relevance is enhanced by case studies from such diverse areas as physiology, resource management, the behavioral sciences, and social epidemiology. The book will be useful to a broad readership from the biological and social sciences as well as the physical sciences and technology. It will interest undergraduate and graduate students along with researchers active in these disciplines. Here the reader will find a strong rationale for maintaining a holistic approach, revealing what insights and advantages are retained by the broader perspective and, more explicitly, by the synergistic effects that cannot be discerned by reducing systems to their smallest parts. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Mathematik. System analysis. Systèmes, Analyse de. Systèmes, Analyse de. SOCIAL SCIENCE / General. SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology. bisacsh Levins, Richard, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package 9783110353488 ZDB-23-HCO Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Science eBook Package 9783110353549 ZDB-23-HSP Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999 9783110442212 print 9780674435063 https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674435070 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674435070 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674435070.jpg |
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