This book outlines a vast array of techniques and methods regarding model categories, without focussing on the intricacies of the proofs. Quillen model categories are a fundamental tool for the understanding of homotopy theory. While many introductions to model categories fall back on the same handful of canonical examples, the present book highlights a large, self-contained collection of other examples which appear throughout the literature. In particular, it collects a highly scattered literature into a single volume.

The book is aimed at anyone who uses, or is interested in using, model categories to study homotopy theory. It is written in such a way that it can be used as a reference guide for those who are already experts in the field. However, it can also be used as an introduction to the theory for novices.

Autorentext
Scott Balchin currently holds a position at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, Germany. Previously he was a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Warwick, England. He has published several articles on the use of Quillen model categories in various aspects of homotopy theory.

Inhalt
Introduction.- Part I The theory and practice of model categories.- Introduction to Part I.- On Quillen model categories.- Properties.- New models from old.- Relation to (,1)-categories.- Part II Examples.- Introduction to Part II.- Simplicial sets.- Topological spaces.- Chain complexes.- Categories.- Spectra.- Simplicial categories.- Bisimplicial sets.- Relative categories.- Dendroidal sets.- Cyclic Sets.- C-algebras.- Miscellanea.- Part III A model categorical Kunstkammer.-Introduction to Part III.- Die Kunstkammer.- Bibliography.- Index.