The Bond Graph Method applied to Social and Life Sciences

摘要

Considering the success of Bond Graph technology in engineering sciences since its invention by Paynter in 1959, it is increasingly interesting to investigate its application to other fields. This paper attempts to relate Bond Graph technology to Social and Life Sciences, utilizing the Bond Graph structure as a basis for searching for equivalencies to the Energy concept inherent in Bond Graphs. The mathematical theory, which describes the behavior of entities in the social and biological fields, is presented in the context of it's relation to Bond Graphs. Considering that many phenomena in these fields are also represented by mathematical models that deal with partial differential equations, this research attempts to relate this modeling process to the application of the Bond Graph method.