The Model Thinker: What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You
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TextPublication details: Basic Books 2018 New YorkDescription: 427pISBN: - 9780465094622
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1. The many-model thinker
2. Why model?
3. The science of many models
4. Modeling human actors
5. Normal distributions: the bell curve
6. Power-law distributions: long tails
7. Linear models
8. Concavity and convexity
9. Models of value and power
10. Network models
11. Broadcast, diffusion, and contagion
12. Entropy: modeling uncertainty
13. Random walks
14. Path dependence
15. Local interaction models
16. Lyapunov functions and equilibria
17. Markov models
18. Systems dynamics models
19. Threshold models with feedbacks
20. Spatial and hedonic choice
21. Game theory models times three
22. Models of cooperation
23. Collective action problems
24. Mechanism design
25. Signaling models
26. Models of learning
27. Multi-armed bandit problems
28. Rugged-landscape models
29. Opioids, inequality, and humility.
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