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Bruce Hannon
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Department of Geography, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA
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Matthias Ruth
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Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, Boston University, Boston, USA
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Computer models offer a means of interpreting and analyzing the dynamics of real-world systems ranging from population growth to ozone depletion. Dynamic Modeling introduces an approach to modeling that makes it a more practical, intuitive endeavor. The book enables readers to convert their understanding of a phenomenon to a computer model, and then to run the model and let it yield the inevitable dynamic consequences built into the structure of the model. Dynamic Modeling uses STELLA II software to develop simulation models. Part I provides an introduction to modeling dynamic systems. Part II offers general methods for modeling. Parts III through VIII apply these methods to model real-world phenomena from chemistry, genetics, ecology, economics, and engineering. To develop and execute dynamic simulation models, Dynamic Modeling comes with STELLA II run-time software for Windows-based computers, as well as computer files of sample models used in the book. Dynamic Modeling offers a clear, approachable introduction to the modeling process, and will be of interest in any field where real problems can be illuminated by computer simulation.
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Table of contents (32 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-xiii
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Introduction
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- Bruce Hannon, Matthias Ruth
Pages 3-15
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Some General Methods for Modeling
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Pages 19-31
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- Bruce Hannon, Matthias Ruth
Pages 32-45
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- Bruce Hannon, Matthias Ruth
Pages 46-55
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- Bruce Hannon, Matthias Ruth
Pages 56-60
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Pages 61-65
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Pages 66-70
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Chemistry Models
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- Bruce Hannon, Matthias Ruth
Pages 73-79
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- Bruce Hannon, Matthias Ruth
Pages 80-82
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- Bruce Hannon, Matthias Ruth
Pages 83-87
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Genetics Models
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- Bruce Hannon, Matthias Ruth
Pages 91-96
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- Bruce Hannon, Matthias Ruth
Pages 97-101
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Ecological Models
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Front Matter
Pages 103-103
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- Bruce Hannon, Matthias Ruth
Pages 105-109
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- Bruce Hannon, Matthias Ruth
Pages 110-114
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Geography, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA
Bruce Hannon
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Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, Boston University, Boston, USA
Matthias Ruth