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Intentions and Principles of Sociodynamics

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In the course of 30 years there has been developed a mathematical method for modelling dynamic phenomena in social systems now called “Sociodynamics”. In this contribution the author describes in qualitative terms, i.e., without the use of formulas, the purposes and the construction principles of this modelling strategy.

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  1. II. Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57 Zimmer 3.154, 70550, Stuttgart, Germany

    Wolfgang Weidlich

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Weidlich, W. Intentions and Principles of Sociodynamics. Evolut Inst Econ Rev 2, 161–165 (2006). https://doi.org/10.14441/eier.2.161

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