WHY MODEL?
I discuss the utility of modeling in the social sciences, with emphasis on the long-term study of the coevolution between society and nature. I emphasize the need for such models to develop dynamical theories concerning processes about which we are only informed through their consequences
and results.
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
Publication date: 01 March 2004
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