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Lewis F. Richardson's mathematical theory of war

Lewis F. Richardson's mathematical theory of war Lewis F. Richardson’s mathematical of war theory ANATOL RAPOPORT University of Michigan mathematical economists. His I. Introduction psychological- is to the ethical orientation traceable partly over a of some Developed period thirty and Gandhi and of Tolstoi, thinking Jesus, to a Lewis F. Richardson’s years, approach His tech- to that of the partly pragmatists. of al- conflict, theory large-scale general nical methods are identical with the workers a wide of though treating variety subject in mathematical and of biology sociology has a unified theoretical matter, sufficiently the &dquo;deterministic Vol- school,&dquo; particularly basis to be called a That is to &dquo;system.&dquo; say, and and terra, Lotka, Kostitzin, Rashevsky; the the are assumptions underlying theory to familiar with the views of these anyone lucid and and the deriva- sufficiently explicit Richardson’s has an ex- authors, exposition tion of the conclusions is sufficiently rigor- familiar both the and tremely ring, prose ous to warrant a of the entire critique system the mathematics. the examination of its through underlying the orien- We shall consider philosophical base. it a we shall call tation first. To name, give This base three has which will be aspects, it &dquo;determinism.&dquo; Before we further, go any examined These http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Conflict Resolution SAGE

Lewis F. Richardson's mathematical theory of war

Rapoport, Anatol
Conflict Resolution , Volume 1 (3): 51 – Sep 1, 1957
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Lewis F. Richardson’s mathematical of war theory ANATOL RAPOPORT University of Michigan mathematical economists. His I. Introduction psychological- is to the ethical orientation traceable partly over a of some Developed period thirty and Gandhi and of Tolstoi, thinking Jesus, to a Lewis F. Richardson’s years, approach His tech- to that of the partly pragmatists. of al- conflict, theory large-scale general nical methods are identical with the workers a wide of though treating variety subject in mathematical and of biology sociology has a unified theoretical matter, sufficiently the &dquo;deterministic Vol- school,&dquo; particularly basis to be called a That is to &dquo;system.&dquo; say, and and terra, Lotka, Kostitzin, Rashevsky; the the are assumptions underlying theory to familiar with the views of these anyone lucid and and the deriva- sufficiently explicit Richardson’s has an ex- authors, exposition tion of the conclusions is sufficiently rigor- familiar both the and tremely ring, prose ous to warrant a of the entire critique system the mathematics. the examination of its through underlying the orien- We shall consider philosophical base. it a we shall call tation first. To name, give This base three has which will be aspects, it &dquo;determinism.&dquo; Before we further, go any examined These

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Published: Sep 1, 1957

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