What are some applications of chaos theory to the social sciences?
In summary, chaos theory has not yet had as dramatic an impact in the social sciences as it has in the physical sciences. Chaos-based ideas have been very influential, however, both for empirical and for theoretical wings of research. They have forced us to push our data sets harder in searching for time-series structure. They have reminded us of the possibility that some ostensibly well-understood theoretical models may contain a hidden wealth of rich, dynamic structure. Finally, they remind us how humble we should be in our exploits to predict and make policy decisions for large-scale social systems. three ways researchers in the social sciences have used chaos theory.
