Cover Image

Empirical model building /

A hands-on approach to the basic principles of empirical model building. Includes a series of real-world statistical problems illustrating modeling skills and techniques. Covers models of growth and decay, systems where competition and interaction add to the complexity of the model, and discusses bo...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thompson, James R. (James Robert), 1938-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York : Wiley, ©1989.
Subjects:
Experimental design.
Mathematical models.
Mathematical statistics.
Research Design
Models, Theoretical
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Empirical Model Building; Contents; Introduction; 1. Models of Growth and Decay; 2. Models of Competition, Combat, and Epidemic; 3. Simulation and the Coming Qualitative Change in Scientific ModeIing; 4. Some Techniques of Nonstandard Data Analysis; 5. Paradoxes and False Trails; Appendix; Index.