Constructal Theory of Social Dynamics

Constructal Theory of Social Dynamics brings together for the first time social scientists and engineers to develop a predictive theory of social organization, as a conglomerate of mating flows that morph in time to flow more easily (people, goods, money, energy, information). These flows have objec...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Bejan, Adrian (Editor ), Merkx, Gilbert W. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edición:1st ed. 2007.
Temas:
Thermodynamics.
Heat engineering.
Heat transfer.
Mass transfer.
Sociology.
System theory.
Engineering design.
Mathematics-Data processing.
Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.
Complex Systems.
Engineering Design.
Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Constructal Law in Nature and Society
  • Constructal Models in Social Processes
  • Tree Flow Networks in Urban Design
  • Natural Flow Patterns and Structured People Dynamics: A Constructal View
  • Constructal Pattern Formation in Nature, Pedestrian Motion, and Epidemics Propagation
  • The Constructal Nature of the Air Traffic System
  • Sociological Theory, Constructal Theory, and Globalization
  • Is Animal Learning Optimal?
  • Conflict and Conciliation Dynamics
  • Human Aging and Mortality
  • Statistical Mechanical Models for Social Systems
  • Discrete Exponential Family Models for Ethnic Residential Segregation
  • Corporate Interlock
  • Constructal Approach to Company Sustainability
  • The Inequality Process Is an Evolutionary Process
  • Constructal Theory of Written Language
  • Life and Cognition.

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