The mathematics of marriage : dynamic nonlinear models /

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Imprint:Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2002.
Description:xvii, 403 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4815009
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Other authors / contributors:Gottman, John Mordechai.
ISBN:0262072262 (hard : alk. paper)
Notes:Bradford book.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. What Do We Mean by Theory?
  • 2. What Phenomena Are We Modeling?
  • 3. Nonlinear Dynamic Modeling
  • 4. Calculus -- the Mathematics of Change
  • 5. Introduction to Dynamic Modeling
  • 6. Modeling Catastrophic Change
  • 7. Intuitive Discussion of Phase Space Plots
  • 8. Interacting Dyadic Systems
  • 9. Writing the Equations of Marriage
  • 10. Initial Results of Our Modeling
  • 11. Who Needs All This Math?
  • 12. Applying the Model to Newlyweds
  • 13. Repair and Damping
  • 14. Extending the Marriage Model
  • 15. The Core Triad of Balance
  • 16. The Marriage Experiments
  • 17. How to Prepare Data for Modeling
  • Bibliography
  • Appendix A.
  • Appendix B.
  • Index