Complex Systems in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: Theory, Method and Application

by L. Douglas Kiel and Euel W. Elliott

Book Overview

Complexity Systems in the Social and Behavioral Sciences provides a sophisticated yet accessible account of complexity science or complex systems research. Phenomena in the behavioral, social, and hard sciences all exhibit certain important similarities consistent with complex systems. These include the concept of emergence, sensitivity to initial conditions, and interactions between agents in a system that yield unanticipated, nonlinear...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472054880
• ISBN13: 9780472054886
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 450 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.7"