Attractor Landscapes and Reaction Functions in Escalation and De-Escalation

Pruitt, Dean G.; Nowak, Andrzej

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1612884

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Attractor Landscapes and Reaction Functions in Escalation and De-Escalation

IACM 23rd Annual Conference Paper

19 Pages Posted: 23 May 2010

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Dean G. Pruitt

State University of New York (SUNY) - Buffalo

Andrzej Nowak

University of Warsaw - Institute for Social Studies

Abstract

This paper presents a dynamical systems model of escalation and de-escalation and shows how it relates to and is enriched by a reaction function model of escalation.

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Pruitt, Dean G. and Nowak, Andrzej, Attractor Landscapes and Reaction Functions in Escalation and De-Escalation. IACM 23rd Annual Conference Paper, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1612884 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1612884