RT Book
T1 Dynamic modeling: an introduction
T2 Sage University papers / Quantitative applications in the social sciences
JF Sage University papers / Quantitative applications in the social sciences
A1 Huckfeldt, Robert 1951-
A2 Kohfeld, Carol W. 1940-
A2 Likens, Thomas W.
LA English
PP Beverly Hills, Calif. u.a.
PB Sage Publ.
YR 1982
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1650391811
AB 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
NO Literaturverz. S. 92 - 95
CN H61
K1 Social Sciences : Mathematical models
K1 Models and modelmaking
K1 Social processes. Mathematical models
K1 Statistische Methodenlehre
K1 Mathematisches Modell