This book is a tool for the theoretical and numerical investigation of nonlinear dynamical systems modelled by means of ordinary differential and difference equations. Special attention is given to the analysis and understanding of chaotic dynamics. The work is divided into two parts: a book, comprising a theoretical overview of the subject matter and a number of applications; and an integrated software program (called DMC) together with its manual.

Although the emphasis is laid on dynamical systems arising from economic motivation, and the applications are derived from these systems, both...