MATHEMATICAL MODELS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE – THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS
AND SAMPLE USES
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adiunkt w Instytucie Nauk Politycznych i Dziennikarstwa
Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w Katowicach
Publication date: 2019-12-15
Studia Politologiczne 2019;53
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ABSTRACT
issues related to mathematical modelling in political science, alongside selected
examples of using mathematical modelling in research practice. In the process, the
function of scientific models in the development of scientific theories is discussed,
indicating the main types of scientific models. Then, selected elements of the theory
of mathematical models are considered and the most common misunderstandings
in using the language of mathematics in political science studies are described.
Finally, selected examples of using mathematical models in studies of political
phenomena are presented: a quadratic-hyperbolic model of the real global GDP
growth dynamics and a game theory model of the transmission of cooperative
behaviours among political elites were developed. The R programme was used to
build the models.
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