Continuous and Discontinuous Rates of Change.

R. T. Nichols

Expert InsightsPublished 1964

An argument that techniques of manipulation developed to handle discontinuous rates of change are not readily applicable to phenomena that exhibit continuous rates of change. The argument is demonstrated in growth (or decay) rates, financial transactions and natural phenomena, and continuous formulae for cost and benefit comparisons.

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  • Year: 1964
  • Pages: 17
  • Document Number: P-2891

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Nichols, R. T., Continuous and Discontinuous Rates of Change. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1964. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P2891.html.
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