Integrative problem-solving in a time of decadence /

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Author / Creator:Christakos, George.
Imprint:Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, c2011.
Description:1 online resource (xxix, 527 p.) : col. maps.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8896797
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ISBN:9789048198900 (electronic bk.)
9048198909 (electronic bk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:This title presents a unique study of Integrative Problem-Solving (IPS). The consideration of 'Decadence' is essential in the scientific study of environmental and other problems and their rigorous solution, because the broad context within which the problems emerge can affect their solution. Stochastic reasoning underlines the conceptual and methodological framework of IPS, and its formulation has a mathematical life of its own that accounts for the multidisciplinarity of real world problems, the multisourced uncertainties characterizing their solution, and the different thinking modes of the.