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Islands of Order: A Guide to Complexity Modeling for the Social Sciences

Michael R. Dove • Princeton University Press • ISBN-13 978-0691192932

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Islands of Order: A Guide to Complexity Modeling for the Social Sciences

Michael R. Dove • Princeton University Press

ISBN-10: 0691192936 · ISBN-13: 978-0691192932 · 2019

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This volume explores the application of complexity science to the study of social evolution and historical change. By examining the mechanisms that generate order within chaotic systems, the authors provide a framework for analyzing how societies develop, persist, and transform over long durations.

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Publisher: Princeton University Press
2019
Pages: 248Language: English

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Contributor: Michael R. Dove

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Category: Complexity ScienceCategory: Mathematical SociologyCategory: Social EvolutionCategory: Systems TheoryCategory: Mathematical ModelingCategory: Historical AnalysisCategory: Social DynamicsCategory: Quantitative MethodsInfluenced by: General Systems TheoryInfluenced by: CyberneticsInfluenced by: Evolutionary AnthropologyCornerstone of: Computational Social ScienceCornerstone of: Complexity Modeling

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