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100 _aPage, Scott E.
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245 _aThe Model Thinker: What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You
260 _bBasic Books
_c2018
_aNew York
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500 _a1. 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.
600 _aSocial systems - Mathematical models
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