《Catastrophe Theory and Bifurcation》是2011年出版的圖書，作者是Wilson, Alan。
基本介紹
- 外文名：Catastrophe Theory and Bifurcation
- 作者：Wilson, Alan
- 出版時間：2011年7月
- 頁數：354 頁
- ISBN：9780415687829
- 定價：158.2 美元
內容簡介
Mathematical models have long been used by geographers and regional scientists to explore the working of urban and regional systems, via a system where the equilibrium point changes slowly and smoothly as the parameters change slowly and smoothly. However, this all changed with the advent of catastrophe theory and bifurcation, which enabled the development of models where a quite sudden change in the position of the equilibrium point results from a slow, small, smooth change in one or more parameters. First published in 1981, this reissue of Professor Wilson's classic study outlines the implications of these mathematical models for geography and regional science, by way of a survey of contemporary applications.
