Sustainability Science Textbook 2nd Edition

Bert J.M. de Vries

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CHAPTER 8

Understanding, modelling, managing complexity

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Catastrophe Theory

Modelling catastrophic change The simplest mathematical equation that represents bifurcations and catastrophic change is a first order differential equation of the form: (eqn. 1)   Solving for the attractors (dX/dt = 0), it is seen [...]

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Analogs and metaphors 

In an abstract scientific sense, modelling is a coding process and creates a relation between a ‘natural’ and a ‘formal’ system (Figure 1a; Rosen 1985). As scientists refine existing and construct new theories, there may [...]

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