System Dynamics Modeling with R

• Main Author: Duggan, Jim (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Social Networks,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Application software.; Social sciences.; Computer Science.; Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.

This new interdisciplinary work presents system dynamics as a powerful approach to enable analysts build simulation models of social systems, with a view toward enhancing decision making. Grounded in the feedback perspective of complex systems, the book provides a practical introduction to system dy...

Table of Contents:

• An Introduction to System Dynamics
• An Introduction to R
• Modeling Limits to Growth
• Higher Order Models
• Diffusion Models
• Model Testing
• Model Analysis and Calibration
• Appendix A: Installing R and R Studio.