Mathematics of Marriage

Description

"The Mathematics of Marriage provides the foundation for a scientific theory of marital relations. The book does not rely on metaphors, but develops and applies a mathematical model using difference equations. The work is the fulfillment of the goal to build a mathematical framework for the general system theory of families first suggested by Ludwig von Bertalanffy in the 1960s.". "Applying ideas such as phase space, null clines, influence functions, inertia, and uninfluenced and influenced stable steady states (attractors), the authors show how other researchers can use the methods to weigh their own data with positive and negative weights. While the focus is on modeling marriage, the techniques can be applied to other types of psychological phenomena as well."--BOOK JACKET.

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Other Editions

• Mathematics of Marriage: Dynamic Nonlinear ModelsMIT Press2002-01-01
• The mathematics of marriageMIT Press2002-01-01
• Mathematics of MarriageMIT Press2005-01-01
• Mathematics of MarriageMIT Press2005-01-01
• The Mathematics of MarriagePaperbackThe MIT Press2005-03-01