Model thinking. How to analyze complex phenomena using mathematical models

Dozens of models (from simple linear to Markov chains) to describe and analyze various phenomena in business, science, life. For everyone who wants to catch meaning and solutions from the ocean of data.
The author’s innovative approach: the use of models from different spheres and categories to the same phenomenon for comprehensive analysis.
Every day we think about a variety of questions: why is inequality grow? Why do more and more people suffer from clinical obesity? Does the team, consisting of representatives of different races, really make more effective decisions? How can you predict the election results? At the same time, we were literally overwhelmed by the flow of information, whether in relation to the opioid crisis, admission to college, genetic correlates of diseases, financial transactions or sports results. In order to cope with such a level of complexity and find application with this data, you need models.
The use of several diverse conceptual schemes helps to better understand what is happening - moreover, the use of many models allows you to build a hierarchical system that includes data, information, knowledge and ultimately wisdom. In this book, the author describes twenty -five wide classes of models (such as growth models, random wandering, entropy, Markov chains and much more), explaining how and when to use them.
Whatever area you work (science, business, public administration and even literary criticism), you have to solve complex problems, operating with a huge amount of data. The book Model thinking will tell you how to make this data work for you using models.
For whom the book
For entrepreneurs, managers, analysts, sociologists, scientists, students and not only.
For everyone who works with large data arrays and is forced to make decisions every day.
For everyone who is looking for tools to comprehend complex phenomena.
From the author
This book about models. It simply and clearly describes dozens of models and methods of their use. Models are formal structures presented in the form of mathematical formulas and diagrams that help us understand this world. Their development improves the ability to reason, explain, develop, communicate, act, predict and explore.
The book considers an approach called multiple thinking: using a set of models to comprehend complex phenomena. The main idea is that multiple thinking gives rise to wisdom through the use of a diverse ensemble of logical structures. Various models are focused on individual causal factors. As a result, their conclusions and investigations are overlapped and intertwined