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Simulation, Planning, and Society
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Melville C. Branch
Book Code: C5403
ISBN: 0-275-95403-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-95403-1
224 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 1/30/1997
List Price: $110.95 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
  • Endorsement From Dr. Kevin Starr
    State Librarian of California
    California State Library:     Professor Mel Branch is a living legend in the field of planning scholarship and research. His latest book, Simulation, Planning, and Society, not only adds further luster to Dr. Branch's bibliography, it brings us into new realms of thinking. How marvelous that the senior scholar in the planning field should be possessed of a mind and an imagination as daring, as visionary, as prophetic as the 21st century.
  • Endorsement From Lee E. Koppelman
    Director/Leading Professor of Political Science
    State University of New York at Stony Brook:     Professor Branch's latest book, Simulation, Planning, and Society, is a valuable contribution to the literature. It transcends the specific concerns of the planning profession and demonstrates the universality of planning to global societal decision making. It is particularly relevant in this computer age, and is a must-read for those in governmental administration or any aspect of planning, community, or corporate administration.
Description: Melville C. Branch continues his lifelong examination of planning as inherent in all human activities, and the primary determinant of our prospects and survival as a species. This latest work discusses the use of simulation throughout society, as the representation of what is considered or planned. Simulation is everpresent in many different forms, such as financial statements representing the economic state of a business, flight simulators used in training pilots, and wind tunnels and hydrodynamic tanks employed in research. Scientific sample polls of relatively few people reveal the collective opinion of entire populations. Mathematical models are used to analyze all sorts of phenomena and to plan many activities. Literature, law, music, and art simulate human thoughts, emotions, concerns, and conclusions. Simulation is an essential element of individual behavior and societal action.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Fundamental Mechanism
  • Characteristics
  • Forms
  • Applications
  • Institutions
  • Simulation, Planning, and Society
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 96-26291
LCC Class: HD87
Dewey Class: 361
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