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Undergraduate
Population Dynamics of Governmental Bureaus (UMAP)
Author: Thomas W. Casstevens
This module presents, calibrates, and tests a mathematical model of the birth and death of bureaucratic units - briefly, bureaus - in the executive departments (outside the defense and postal services) of the national government of the United States. The model formalizes the popular notion that bureaus proliferate like rabbits, i.e. exponentially.
Table of Contents:
1. INTRODUCTION
2. DATA
3. MODEL
4. GROWTH = BIRTHS - DEATHS
5. ESTIMATION
6. BIRTHS
7. DEATHS
8. INTERLUDE
9. AGES
10. PROBABILITY
11. MEMORY
12. LOGISTIC?
13. CONCLUSION
14. ANSWERS TO EXERCISES

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UMAP Module
26 pages
Mathematics Topics:
Calculus
Application Areas:
Social Studies , Political Science
Prerequisites:
Integration of exponential and logarithmic functions; elementary probability
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