Qualitative Modeling of Complex Systems : : An Introduction to Loop Analysis and Time Averaging / / Charles J. Puccia, Richard Levins.

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• VerfasserIn: Puccia, Charles J.,; Levins, Richard,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1985
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (259 p.) :; illustrations

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...

Table of Contents

• 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