<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>6</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alexey A. Voinov</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Systems Science and Modeling for Ecological Economics</style></title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Academic Press</style></publisher><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">432</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">978-0123725837</style></isbn><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Modeling is a key component to sciences from mathematics to life  science, including environmental and ecological studies. By looking at  the underlying concepts of the software, we can make sure that we build  mathematically feasible models and that we get the most out of the data  and information that we have. This book shows how models can be analyzed  using simple math and software to generate meaningful qualitative  descriptions of system dynamics. This book shows that even without a  full analytical, mathematically rigorous analysis of the equations,  there may be ways to derive some qualitative understanding of general  behavior of a system. By relating some of the modeling approaches and  systems theory to real world examples the book illustrates how these  approaches can help understand concepts such as sustainability, peak  oil, adaptive management, optimal harvest and other practical  applications.                                      &lt;br /&gt;
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* Relates modeling approaches and systems theory to real world examples &lt;br /&gt;
* Teaches students to build mathematically feasible models and get the most of our the data and information available&lt;br /&gt;
* Wide range of applications in hydrology, population dynamics, market cycles, sustainability theory, management, and more&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract></record></records></xml>