FWIW Glen, you may find that your local library is willing to order any
book their patrons desire... Los Alamos (albeit a wealthy county) is
very generous about this... I get the impression that county/local
libraries are "desperate" to remain relevant and one method is to make
sure their patrons get anything they want. I believe most/all public
libraries also have interlibrary loan systems as well, so if anyone in
their network has it, then they can get it for you.
Are you talking about this one?
Qualitative Math for the Social Sciences
http://www.powells.com/biblio/62-9780415444828-1
$140 on amazon is still a little much for me. I'll see if any local
libraries carry it.
glen wrote at 09/20/2012 09:13 AM:
Re: Lee's book: There are lots of frameworks for dealing with hybrid
systems. I'd be interested to see the new approach.
ERIC P. CHARLES wrote at 09/20/2012 05:31 AM:
P.S. This problem is of particular interest to one of the topologists on the
list - Lee Rudolph - who just had a book on the subject release. I haven't read
it yet, but I know it is (among other things) an attempt to apply modern,
non-statistical, mathematics to this problem. That would include math that can
adequately deal with discrete and non-discrete aspects, etc., which you point
out we would need. Lee, can you give a more skilled plug?
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