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Mathematical Models in the Social Sciences J. Laurie, Kemeny, Joh

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Book Title
Mathematical Models in the Social Sciences J. Laurie, Kemeny, Joh
ISBN
9780262610308
Subject Area
Social Science
Publication Name
Mathematical Models in the Social Sciences
Publisher
MIT Press
Item Length
8.5 in
Subject
Sociology / General
Publication Year
1978
Type
Textbook
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.3 in
Author
John G. Kemeny, J. Laurie Snell
Item Weight
7.3 Oz
Item Width
5.5 in
Number of Pages
146 Pages
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Publisher
MIT Press
ISBN-10
0262610302
ISBN-13
9780262610308
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Number of Pages
146 Pages
Publication Name
Mathematical Models in the Social Sciences
Language
English
Publication Year
1978
Subject
Sociology / General
Type
Textbook
Author
John G. Kemeny, J. Laurie Snell
Subject Area
Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Height
0.3 in
Item Weight
7.3 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in

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Dewey Decimal
300.18
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As the need for more substantial mathematical training has increased among social science students, the lack of any adequate textbook between the very elementary and the very advanced levels has become crutial. The authors, long-time experts in this field, have answered the need with this volume, and the MIT Press has repsonded by bringing it into renewed circulation. Mathematical Models in the Social Sciences investigates and teaches the formation and analysis of mathematical models with detailed interpretations of the results. These models are self-contained, with the necessary mathematics included in each chapter. A vast range of topics in the social sciences and a wide variety of mathematical techniques are covered by the models. Ample opportunity is also provided for the students to form their own models. Republication of this book provides social science and mathematics students with a text that is the analogue of mathematical methods textbooks used in the study of the physical sciences and engineering. Prerequisites are kept to a minimum; a course in finite mathematics and a semester of calculus are all that is necessary. The chapters cover these main topics (and employ the mathematical approach parenthetically indicated): methodology; preference rankings (an axiomatic approach); ecology (two dynamic models); market stability (a dynamic model); a Markov chain model in sociology; stabilization of money flow (an application of discrete potential theory); branching processes; organization theory (applications of graph theory); and optimal scheduling (a problem in dynamic programming)., As the need for more substantial mathematical training has increased among social science students, the lack of any adequate textbook between the very elementary and the very advanced levels has become crutial. The authors, long-time experts in this field, have answered the need with this volume, and the MIT Press has repsonded by bringing it into renewed circulation. Mathematical Models in the Social Sciences investigates and teaches the formation and analysis of mathematical models with detailed interpretations of the results. These models are self-contained, with the necessary mathematics included in each chapter. A vast range of topics in the social sciences and a wide variety of mathematical techniques are covered by the models. Ample opportunity is also provided for the students to form their own models. Republication of this book provides social science and mathematics students with a text that is the analogue of mathematical methods textbooks used in the study of the physical sciences and engineering. Prerequisites are kept to a minimum; a course in finite mathematics and a semester of calculus are all that is necessary.The chapters cover these main topics (and employ the mathematical approach parenthetically indicated): methodology; preference rankings (an axiomatic approach); ecology (two dynamic models); market stability (a dynamic model); a Markov chain model in sociology; stabilization of money flow (an application of discrete potential theory); branching processes; organization theory (applications of graph theory); and optimal scheduling (a problem in dynamic programming)., Mathematical Models in the Social Sciences investigates and teaches the formation and analysis of mathematical models with detailed interpretations of the results.

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