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Cybernetics and Systems

An International Journal
Volume 35, 2004 - Issue 2-3
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WHY MODEL?

Pages 117-128
Published online: 17 Aug 2010
 

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.

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