Introduction to Mathematical Sociology /

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A comprehensive textbook on the tools of mathematical sociology and their applicationsMathematical models and computer simulations of complex social systems have become everyday tools in sociology. Yet until now, students had no up-to-date textbook from which to learn these techniques. Introduction...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Bonacich, Phillip (Autor), Lu, Philip (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2012]
Temas:
Mathematical sociology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Methodology.
Addition.
Adjacency matrix.
Advertising.
Algorithm.
Antisymmetric relation.
Average path length.
Balance theory.
Betweenness centrality.
Binomial distribution.
Boolean algebra (structure).
Calculation.
Centrality.
Circle graph.
Clustering coefficient.
Coefficient.
Combination.
Community structure.
Complex network.
Complexity.
Computer simulation.
Cooperative game.
Defection.
Demography.
Diagram (category theory).
Directed graph.
Emergence.
Employment agency.
Employment.
Epidemiology.
Equivalence class.
Equivalence relation.
Expected value.
Exponential distribution.
Finding.
General Social Survey.
Graph theory.
Grid network.
Income.
Independence (probability theory).
Inequality (mathematics).
Initial condition.
Investor.
Life expectancy.
Main diagonal.
Markov chain.
Markov process.
Markov property.
Mathematica.
Mathematician.
Mathematics.
Matrix multiplication.
Mutual exclusivity.
Nash equilibrium.
Natural number.
Negative relationship.
Normal distribution.
PageRank.
Parameter.
Pareto distribution.
Parity (mathematics).
Percentage.
Power law.
Power set.
Prediction.
Preferential attachment.
Prisoner's dilemma.
Probability of success.
Probability.
Proportionality (mathematics).
Quantity.
Questionnaire.
Random graph.
Rational choice theory.
Result.
Sampling (statistics).
Scale-free network.
Scientist.
Set theory.
Simulation.
Small-world network.
Social class.
Social movement.
Social psychology.
Social science.
Sociology.
Standard deviation.
Statistic.
Stochastic process.
Subset.
Summation.
Symmetric matrix.
Symmetric relation.
Variable (mathematics).
Venn diagram.
Website.
Wiring (development platform).
Woman.
Year.
Zipf's law.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Set Theory and Mathematical Truth
  • 3. Probability: Pure and Applied
  • 4. Relations and Functions
  • 5. Networks and Graphs
  • 6. Weak Ties
  • 7. Vectors and Matrices
  • 8. Adding and Multiplying Matrices
  • 9. Cliques and Other Groups
  • 10. Centrality
  • 11. Small-World Networks
  • 12. Scale-Free Networks
  • 13. Balance Theory
  • 14. Markov Chains
  • 15. Demography
  • 16. Evolutionary Game Theory
  • 17. Power and Cooperative Games
  • 18. Complexity and Chaos
  • Afterword: "Resistance Is Futile"
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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