Handbook of Applied System Science

Auteur

Zachary P. Neal is Associate Professor at Michigan State University, in the Psychology Department's Social-Personality program. He serves as Associate Editor of a number of journals including City and Community, Evidence & Policy, Journal of Urban Affairs, and Global Networks. He is also editor of Routledge's Metropolis and Modern Life Book Series.

Texte du rabat

This handbook is organized around both methodological approaches in systems science and the topic to which these approaches have been applied. It begins with an essay that introduces agent-based modeling, system dynamics, and network analysis. The remainder of the volume is organized around (1) health and human development, (2) environment and sustainability, and (3) communities and social change.

Contenu

Part I: Health and Human Development Part II: Environment and Sustainability Part III: Communities and Social Change