TY - BOOK AU - Lave,Charles A. AU - March,James G. TI - An introduction to models in the social sciences SN - 0819183814 U1 - 300.151 22 PY - 1993/// CY - Laham PB - University Press of America KW - Social sciences KW - Mathematical models N1 - Originally published: New York : Harper & Row, 1975; Includes bibliographical references and index; Ch. 1. What we are up to -- Ch. 2. An introduction to speculation -- Ch. 3. The evaluation of speculations -- Ch. 4. Choice -- Ch. 5. Exchange -- Ch. 6. Adaptation -- Ch. 7. Diffusion -- Index N2 - This introduction to model building in the social sciences looks at, among other things, the nature of models and how they are constructed. ER -