The model thinker : (Record no. 2588)

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fixed length control field 180311s2018 nyua b 001 0 eng
010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2018942802
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780465094622 (hardback)
International Standard Book Number 0465094627 (hardback)
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)1028523969
050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number QA76.9.I52
Item number P34 2018
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Page, Scott E.
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The model thinker :
Remainder of title what you need to know to make data work for you /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Scott E. Page.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 1st ed.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Basic Books,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2018.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xiii, 427 p. :
Other physical details ill.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-409) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note The many-model thinker -- Why model? -- The science of many models -- Modeling human actors -- Normal distributions : the bell curve -- Power-law distributions : long tails -- Linear models -- Concavity and convexity -- Models of value and power -- Network models -- Broadcast, diffusion, and contagion -- Entropy : modeling uncertainty -- Random walks -- Path dependence -- Local interaction models -- Lyapunov functions and equilibria -- Markov models -- Systems dynamics models -- Threshold models with feedbacks -- Spatial and hedonic choice -- Game theory models times three -- Models of cooperation -- Collective action problems -- Mechanism design -- Signaling models -- Models of learning -- Multi-armed bandit problems -- Rugged-landscape models -- Opioids, inequality, and humility.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. "We confront no end of complex problems: why is inequality on the rise? Why are more and more Americans clinically obese? Does a racially diverse team make better decisions? How can we predict the outcomes of elections? At the same time, we find ourselves awash in data, be it on the opioid crisis, college admissions, genetic correlates of disease, financial transactions, or athletic performance. To confront such complexity and put that data to use, we need models: we can use linear regression to predict sales growth, or a power-law distribution to explain city sizes and book sales. Although each model offers insight, any single model will be wrong--just ask the physicist who, trying to understand barnyard animals, imagined a spherical cow. We must be able to do better. The question is simply how. In [this book], Scott E. Page gives us the answer: many-model thinking. By applying multiple diverse frameworks, we can achieve greater insights--indeed, using many models enables us to scale a hierarchy encompassing data, information, knowledge, and ultimately wisdom. Underpinning this, Page presents twenty-five broad classes of models--including models of growth, random walks, entropy, Markov chains, and many more--in a user-friendly and highly readable format, while teaching us how and when to apply them. Whether you work in science, business, government, or even literary studies, you confront complex problems, and you have more data than ever before. The Model Thinker will show how models can make that data work for you."--Publisher's description.
650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Information visualization.
Topical term or geographic name entry element Social systems
General subdivision Mathematical models.
Topical term or geographic name entry element Social sciences
General subdivision Mathematical models.
Topical term or geographic name entry element Complexity (Philosophy)
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