On algebraic models for homotopy 3-types (Q2381406)

The paper explores some relations among algebraic models for homotopy 3-types, giving a complete description of the passage from a crossed square (a commutative square of groups with some actions) to a 2-crossed module, giving a functor from 2-crossed modules to quadratic modules. Giving a full description of the construction of a quadratic module from a simplicial group with Moore complex of length 2, and giving a construction of a quadratic module from a crossed square.