Structural Dynamics: Theory and Computation

Introduction: structural dynamics and contemporary growth theory

The essays collected in this volume address the role of structural dynamics in the context of the current state of the theory of economic growth. Given the many extensions and ramifications of contemporary growth theory, it would seem far too ambitious an undertaking, within the space of an introductory essay, to attempt a comprehensive survey. Instead, our more modest purpose here is to draw a...

Markov-Perfect Industry Dynamics: Theory, Computation, and Applications

Structural Dominance Analysis and Theory Building in System Dynamics

We provide a review of different approaches to linking model structure to observed behaviourwith a particular view towards usingmodels for theory building.We argue that theory building cannot be based upon pure simulation and model building alone: the inference from system dynamics models invariably uses concepts and analogies from simple feedback systems and models. Strengthening the analytica...

Dynamics, Information and Computation

Structure of the thesis The heart of this thesis is composed of four independent chapters, related by a common flavor of systems theory and computer science. Chapter 3: Almost periodic configurations and undecidable dynamics. We describe Turing machines, tilings and infinite words as dynamical systems and analyze some of their dynamical properties. It is known that some of these systems do not ...

Analysis of Chlorine Gas Incident Simulation and Dispersion Within a Complex and Populated Urban Area Via Computation Fluid Dynamics

In some instances, it is inevitable that large amounts of potentially hazardous chemicals like chlorine gas are stored and used in facilities in densely populated areas. In such cases, all safety issues must be carefully considered. To reach this goal, it is important to have accurate information concerning chlorine gas behaviors and how it is dispersed in dense urban areas. Furthermore, mainta...