Six sources of collapse a mathematician's perspective on how things can fall apart in the blink of an eye / [electronic resource] :
Charles R. Hadlock.
- [Washington, D.C.] : Mathematical Association of America, c2012.
- xiv, 207 p. : ill., charts.
- Spectrum series .
- MAA spectrum. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-199) and index.
Introduction -- Predicting unpredictable events -- Group behavior: crowds, herds, and video games -- Evolution and collapse: game playing in a changing world -- Instability, oscillation, and feedback -- Nonlinearity: invitation to chaos and catastrophe -- It's all about networks -- Putting it all together: looking at collapse phenomena in "6-D."
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.