Böcker av Courtney M. Brown

Differential Equations: A Modeling Approach introduces differential equations and differential equation modeling to students and researchers in the social sciences.Key Features:- The text is accessibly written, so that students with minimal mathematical training can understand all of the basic concepts and techniques presented.- The author uses social sciences examples to illustrate the relevance of differential equation modeling to readers.- Readers can use graphical methods to produce penetrating analysis of differential equation systems. - Linear and nonlinear model specifications are explained from a social science perspective. Most interesting differential equation models are nonlinear, and readers need to know how to specify and work with such models in the social sciences.

Derived from engineering literature that uses similar techniques to map electronic circuits and physical systems, this work utilizes a systems approach to modeling that offers social scientists a variety of tools that are both sophisticated and easily applied. It introduces a modeling tool to researchers in the social sciences.