Chaos and Catastrophe Theories

Chaos and Catastrophe Theories
ISBN-10
1506339948
ISBN-13
9781506339948
Category
Social Science
Pages
88
Language
English
Published
1995-06-28
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Author
Courtney Brown

Description

What is chaos? How can it be measured? How are the models estimated? What is catastrophe? How is it modelled? How are the models estimated? These questions are the focus of this volume. Beginning with an explanation of the differences between deterministic and probabilistic models, Brown then introduces the reader to chaotic dynamics. Other topics covered are finding settings in which chaos can be measured, estimating chaos using nonlinear least squares and specifying catastrophe models. Finally a nonlinear system of equations that models catastrophe using real survey data is estimated.

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