Survival under Uncertainty An Introduction to Probability Models of Social Structure and Evolution /

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This book introduces and studies a number of stochastic models of subsistence, communication, social evolution and political transition that will allow the reader to grasp the role of uncertainty as a fundamental property of our irreversible world. At the same time, it aims to bring about a more int...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Volchenkov, Dimitri (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Understanding Complex Systems,
Subjects:
System theory.
Social structure.
Equality.
Philosophy and social sciences.
Physics-Study and teaching.
Dynamics.
Nonlinear theories.
Complex Systems.
Social Structure.
Philosophy of the Social Sciences.
Education in Physics.
Applied Dynamical Systems.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Subsistence in Uncertainty
  • Time and Institutions
  • Inequality and the Laws of supply and demand
  • Decision making under uncertainty
  • Capitalization of uncertainty: stochastic theory of advantage
  • Doubly stochastic branching process as a model of natural selection
  • Human history as a stochastic process
  • The stochastic model of social conformity and political instability
  • Random walks over political regimes : History seems to never end
  • Urbanization failure and a fission chain reaction of states.

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