The model thinker : what you need to know to make data work for you /

Page, Scott E.

The model thinker : what you need to know to make data work for you / Scott E. Page. - First edition - xv, 445 páginas : ilustraciones ; 25 cm

Incluye referencias bibliográficas (páginas 403-430) e índice.

The many-model thinker -- Why model? -- The science of many models -- Modeling human actors -- Normal distributions : the bell curve -- Power-law distributions : long tails -- Linear models -- Concavity and convexity -- Models of value and power -- Network models -- Broadcast, diffusion, and contagion -- Entropy : modeling uncertainty -- Random walks -- Path dependence -- Local interaction models -- Lyapunov functions and equilibria -- Markov models -- Systems dynamics models -- Threshold models with feedbacks -- Spatial and hedonic choice -- Game theory models times three -- Models of cooperation -- Collective action problems -- Mechanism design -- Signaling models -- Models of learning -- Multi-armed bandit problems -- Rugged-landscape models -- Opioids, inequality, and humility.

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Social systems--Mathematical models
Social sciences--Mathematical models
Complexity (Philosophy)

QA 76.9 I52 / P33 2018