Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences Using Real Data - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1439819971 ISBN 13 : 9781439819975

Editeur : CRC Press Inc, 2010

Synopsis

Although its roots can be traced to the 19th century, progress in the study of nonlinear dynamical systems has taken off in the last 30 years. While pertinent source material exists, it is strewn about the literature in mathematics, physics, biology, economics, and psychology at varying levels of accessibility. A compendium research methods reflecting the expertise of major contributors to NDS psychology, Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences Using Real Data examines the techniques proven to be the most useful in the behavioral sciences.

The editors have brought together constructive work on new practical examples of methods and application built on nonlinear dynamics. They cover dynamics such as attractors, bifurcations, chaos, fractals, catastrophes, self-organization, and related issues in time series analysis, stationarity, modeling and hypothesis testing, probability, and experimental design. The analytic techniques discussed include several variants of the fractal dimension, several types of entropy, phase-space and state-space diagrams, recurrence analysis, spatial fractal analysis, oscillation functions, polynomial and Marquardt nonlinear regression, Markov chains, and symbolic dynamics.

The book outlines the analytic requirements faced by social scientists and how they differ from those of mathematicians and natural scientists. It includes chapters centered on theory and procedural explanations for running the analyses with pertinent examples and others that illustrate applications where a particular form of analysis is seen in the context of a research problem. This combination of approaches conveys theoretical and practical knowledge that helps you develop skill and expertise in framing hypotheses dynamically and building viable analytic models to test them.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Stephen Gaustello is a professor of Psychology at Marquette University, in Milwaukee Wisconsin.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CRC Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1439819971
• ISBN 13: 9781439819975
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 632
• Éditeur: Guastello Stephen J., Gregson Robert A.M.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible