Mathematical Models in the Social Sciences

Publisher:

The MIT Press

Publication Date:

1978

Number of Pages:

154

Format:

Paperback

Price:

22.00

ISBN:

978-0262610308

Category:

Monograph

BLL Rating:

The Basic Library List Committee suggests that undergraduate mathematics libraries consider this book for acquisition.

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	Preface Sample Chapter - Download PDF (104 KB)	v

I	On the Methodology of Mathematical Models Sample Chapter - Download PDF (458 KB)	3

II	Preference Rankings - An Axiomatic Approach	9

III	Ecology - Two Dynamic Models	24

IV	Market Stability - A Dynamic Model	35

V	A Markov Chain Model in Sociology	54

VI	Stabilization of Money Flow - An Application of Discrete Potential Theory	66

VII	Branching Processes	78

VIII	Organization Theory - Applications of Graph Theory	95

IX	Optimal Scheduling - A Problem in Dynamic Programming	109

	Appendixes

A	A Fixed Point Theorem	123

B	Utility Functions	125

C	Finite Markov Chains	128

D	Generating Functions	132

E	A Combinatorial Lemma	134

F	Functions of Two Variables	138

	Index