Catastrophe Theory: State of the Art and Potential Applications

Abstract

Position papers and commentaries are presented covering some of the controversy surrounding applications of elementary catastrophe theory to social science in general and to organizational effectiveness in particular. Recommendations are made for research in the near and long term. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 31, 1983
Accession Number
ADA134294

Entities

People

  • F. Craig Johnson
  • R. C. Lacher

Organizations

  • Florida State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Applied Mathematics
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Computational Science
  • Differential Equations
  • Experimental Design
  • Fish
  • Geometric Forms
  • Geometry
  • Medical Personnel
  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Physical Theories
  • Psychology
  • Recreation
  • Social Sciences
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Theorems

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.