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Dynamic Models of International Conflict / ed. by Michael D. Ward, Urs Luterbacher.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2023]Copyright date: ©1986Description: 1 online resource (500 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780931477188
  • 9781685855796
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Perspectives on Modeling International Conflict -- Part 1 Game Theoretic and Utility Approaches -- 2 The Path to Stable Deterrence -- 3 Anticipation and Stability in Two-Person Non-Cooperative Games -- 4 The Pathologies of Unilateral Deterrence -- 5. Decision-Theoretic and Game-Theoretic Models of International Conflict -- 6 Moving Forward in Time: Paths Toward a Dynamic Utility Theory of Crisis Decisions -- Part 2 Escalation Processes -- 7 Heuristic Decision Rules, the Dynamics of the Arms Race, and War Initiation -- 8 Arms Races as Good Things? -- 9 Transform Methods and Dynamic Models -- 10. The Dollar Auction as a Model of International Escalation -- Part 3 Simulation Approaches -- 11 Toward a Dynamic Theory of Conflict and Coalition Formation -- 12 Modeling External and Internal Conflict in Small Countries -- 13 Simulation of Reliability Kinematics in Political Systems -- Part 4 Models of War Fighting -- 14 Lanchester Models of Battlefield Attrition and the Organization of Combat Forces -- 15 Dynamic Models of Guerrilla Warfare -- Part 5 Artificial Intelligence Approaches -- 16 Adaptive Precedent-Based Logic and Rational Choice: A Comparison of Two Approaches to the Modeling of International Behavior -- 17 Changes in Foreign Policy Across Time: The Logical Analysis of a Succession of Decision Problems Using Logic Programming -- Part 6 Empirical and Theoretical Frontiers -- 18 A Visual Approach to International Conflict and Cooperation -- 19 Cycles of General, Hegemonic, and Global War -- 20. Forecasting East-West Diplomatic Climate: A Politometric Approach -- Part 7 Commentary -- 21 Connecting Domestic and International Conflicts, Past and Present -- References -- About the Editors and Contributors
Summary: Brings together the best minds of the time in mathematical modeling of conflict dynamics to show that international conflict is an ever-evolving process.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Perspectives on Modeling International Conflict -- Part 1 Game Theoretic and Utility Approaches -- 2 The Path to Stable Deterrence -- 3 Anticipation and Stability in Two-Person Non-Cooperative Games -- 4 The Pathologies of Unilateral Deterrence -- 5. Decision-Theoretic and Game-Theoretic Models of International Conflict -- 6 Moving Forward in Time: Paths Toward a Dynamic Utility Theory of Crisis Decisions -- Part 2 Escalation Processes -- 7 Heuristic Decision Rules, the Dynamics of the Arms Race, and War Initiation -- 8 Arms Races as Good Things? -- 9 Transform Methods and Dynamic Models -- 10. The Dollar Auction as a Model of International Escalation -- Part 3 Simulation Approaches -- 11 Toward a Dynamic Theory of Conflict and Coalition Formation -- 12 Modeling External and Internal Conflict in Small Countries -- 13 Simulation of Reliability Kinematics in Political Systems -- Part 4 Models of War Fighting -- 14 Lanchester Models of Battlefield Attrition and the Organization of Combat Forces -- 15 Dynamic Models of Guerrilla Warfare -- Part 5 Artificial Intelligence Approaches -- 16 Adaptive Precedent-Based Logic and Rational Choice: A Comparison of Two Approaches to the Modeling of International Behavior -- 17 Changes in Foreign Policy Across Time: The Logical Analysis of a Succession of Decision Problems Using Logic Programming -- Part 6 Empirical and Theoretical Frontiers -- 18 A Visual Approach to International Conflict and Cooperation -- 19 Cycles of General, Hegemonic, and Global War -- 20. Forecasting East-West Diplomatic Climate: A Politometric Approach -- Part 7 Commentary -- 21 Connecting Domestic and International Conflicts, Past and Present -- References -- About the Editors and Contributors

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Brings together the best minds of the time in mathematical modeling of conflict dynamics to show that international conflict is an ever-evolving process.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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