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A Consumer's Guide to Texts on Mathematical Modeling
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Edward R.Bender, An Introduction to Mathematical Modeling. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1978, 256 pp., $16.95.
Charles A.Lave and James G.March, An Introduction to Models in the Social Sciences. New York: Harper & Row, 1975, 421 pp., $7.95 paper.
JosephMalkevitch and WalterMeyer, Graphs, Models and Finite Mathematics. Englewood Cliffs, N. J.: Prentice-Hall, 1974, 515 pp., $13.95 paper.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 June 2011
Abstract
Five texts on mathematical modeling in the social sciences which have appeared within the last five years are described and evaluated. The analysis of the texts proceeds by considering such issues as the mathematical background required, general readability, ability of the text to train the reader to develop his own models, consideration of important philosophical issues inherent in modeling, and the types—substantive and mathematical—of models covered. The goal of the review is to pinpoint those texts, or parts of texts, that are most useful to the researcher in international relations.
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