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As mentioned in Section 3.4, many social science models involve thresholds and are polymodal in character, even at the simplest levels. This inherently unavoidable use of thresholds and mode-switching is indeed a characteristic feature of many dynamical models in the social sciences. In this opening section of Chapter 6, we introduce a set of piecewise linear equations proposed in Feichtinger (1992) to model habit formation in use of addictive substances or behavior (e.g., tobacco, alcohol, drugs, sex and even work, as in “workaholism”).
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Sedaghat, H. (2003). Additional Models. In: Nonlinear Difference Equations. Mathematical Modelling: Theory and Applications, vol 15. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0417-5_6
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