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International Seminar on Trends in Mathematical Modelling

Venice, 13–18 December 1971

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1973

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Editors:
  1. Nigel Hawkes

    1. London NW 8, GB

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems (LNE, volume 80)

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Table of contents (21 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VI
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Paolo Bisogno, Augusto Forti
      Pages 1-7

  3. The State of Futures Research

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 8-8
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    2. The Role of Futures Research in Societal Modelling

      • Olaf Helmer
      Pages 9-13

    3. The Present State of Futures Research in the Soviet Union

      • N. Moiseev
      Pages 14-19

  5. Simulation Modelling and Game Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
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    2. Mathematical Modelling for Some Social and Environmental Problems

      • Denos C. Gazis
      Pages 52-59

    3. Dynamic Systems Modelling

      • Dennis L. Meadows
      Pages 60-77

    4. The Dynamics of Global Equilibrium

      • Dennis L. Meadows
      Pages 78-95

    5. System Simulation to Test Environmental Policy: A Sample Study of DDT Movement in the Environment

      • Jørgen Randers, Dennis L. Meadows
      Pages 96-143

    6. A Dynamic Simulation Model of the Urban Development of Venice

      • P. Costa, U. Piasentin
      Pages 144-154

    7. Some Aspects of Socio-Economic Modelling

      • Martin Shubik
      Pages 155-163

    8. Imitation Models of Historical Processes

      • Y. N. Pavlovsky
      Pages 164-168

  6. Computers and Methodology for Modelling

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-169
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    2. A Computer Method of Analysing the Structure of Behavioural Models

      • M. G. Kendall
      Pages 170-177

    3. Information Systems and Computer Systems

      • J. Barraud
      Pages 178-181
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About this book

Paolo Bisogno and Augusto Forti Taking an interest in the future is among the most instinctive Conscious of the existence of time as well as of human activities. space, man has always tried to guess what the future holds. Until recently scholars have left the field of speculation to the pseudo­ sciences of astrology and palmistry or to the ambiguities of the oracles. Imaginative writers have made some brilliant contributions, but the development of mathematical modelling and other predictive techniques are relatively recent arrivals. The new techniques have come at just the right moment. Today the study of the future has a much sharper relevance than ever before, because people have begun to realise that the future can be controlled - or even that it must be controlled if there is to be a future at all; man should take charge and choose his own future from a wide range of possibilities. Unless he does so, the pressures of the pre­ sent will impose their own logic and produce a future from a flawed mould - a future in which the contradictions of wealth, privilege and power are monstrously exaggerated by the magnifier of economic growth.

Editors and Affiliations

  • London NW 8, GB

    Nigel Hawkes

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: International Seminar on Trends in Mathematical Modelling

  • Book Subtitle: Venice, 13–18 December 1971

  • Editors: Nigel Hawkes

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80733-6

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin · Heidelberg 1973

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-06144-1Published: 22 June 1973

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-80733-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0075-8442

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-9957

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 291

  • Topics: Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics

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