Dynamic modeling: an introduction
1. Dynamic models and social change -- Difference equations as representations of change -- Synchronic versus diachronic change -- Dynamic models and other models of change -- The structure of the presentation -- 2. First-order linear difference equation models: a model of the mobilization process -...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Beverly Hills, Calif. [u.a.]
Sage Publ.
1982
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Sage University papers / Quantitative applications in the social sciences (27)
Year: 1982 |
| Availability in Tübingen: | Present in Tübingen. UB: KB 4 E 382 |
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| Summary: | 1. Dynamic models and social change -- Difference equations as representations of change -- Synchronic versus diachronic change -- Dynamic models and other models of change -- The structure of the presentation -- 2. First-order linear difference equation models: a model of the mobilization process -- A first dynamic model: the gain/loss formulation -- Difference equations as representative of change -- Solutions to first-order difference equations -- Equilibrium and stability -- Substantive applications -- Model estimation -- Summary -- 3. First-order nonlinear difference equations: Processes of social diffusion -- Mobilization through social interaction -- A diffusion model -- Parameter restrictions -- Model estimation -- An empirical example -- Analyzing the model -- Equilibrium analysis -- Local stability analysis -- Global stability for quadratic recursive forms -- Summary -- 4. Linear systems and higher-order equations: arms races and feedback processes -- Higher-order models -- The Richardson arms race model -- Arriving at a second-order reduced form -- Putting the arms race in matrix notation -- Finding the system equilibrium -- Solutions for higher-order systems -- Putting the solution to work -- Stability conditions -- The geometry of stability: an alternative approach -- Feedback time delay as a destabilizing influence -- Summary -- 5. Nonlinear dynamic systems: budgetary competition -- Incrementalism -- Competitive models of budgetary interaction -- The logic of competition -- Model 1: Unrestrained budgetary competition -- Model 2: Restricted competition -- Conclusion -- 6. Dynamic modeling as a scientific enterprise -- An overview of model structure -- Multiple and interdependent system states -- Structural parameters -- System properties -- Steps in model development |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverz. S. 92 - 95 |
| Physical Description: | 96 S., Ill. |