Managing Systems with Non-convex Positive Feedback

By William A. Brock, D. Starrett. 2003

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Modeling Complex Systems (2010, methodology): “The introduction of (3) into (1) introduces nonconvexities and the possibility of multiple basins of attraction both in the cooperative and the noncooperative equilibrium.”
Using Fast and Slow Processes to Manage Resources with Thresholds (2007, methodology): “See Brock and Starrett (2003), Mäler et al.”
Watch Your Step: Optimal Policy in a Tipping Climate (2014, background): “The non-convex control literature directly models the possibility of tipping a system into a new type of equilibrium (e.g., Skiba, 1978; Brock and Starrett, 2003; Mäler, Xepapadeas and de Zeeuw, 2003; Wagener, 2003).”
Feedback Nash equilibria for non-linear differential games in pollution control (2008, background): “in Brock and Starrett (2003) , under the assumptions made on the U(ai),”
Social-ecological systems as complex adaptive systems: modeling and policy implications (2012, background): “…consequences (Estes and Palmisano, 1974; Johnson, 1982; for similar approaches in other systems like spruce budworm, Ludwig et al., 1978; lakes, Brock and Starrett, 2003; Mäler et al., 2003; Kossioris et al., 2008; grazing systems, Anderies et al., 2002; Janssen et al., 2004; Crépin and…”