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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459778203321

Autore

Burt Gordon

Titolo

Conflict, complexity and mathematical social science [[electronic resource] /] / Gordon Burt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, : Emerald, 2010

ISBN

1-282-75300-2

9786612753008

1-84950-973-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Collana

Contributions to conflict management, peace economics and development ; ; v. 15

Disciplina

303.60151

Soggetti

Social conflict - Mathematical models

Social sciences - Mathematical models

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Conflict, Complexity and Mathematical Social Science; Copyright page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction and overview; Chapter 2. Set theory and social reality; Chapter 3. Mathematics, logic, artificial intelligence and ordinary language; Chapter 4. Possibility and probability: Value, conflict and choice; Chapter 5. Theory, evidence and reality: The mean and median ideals of competing groups; Chapter 6. Social design, ethics and the amount of value; Chapter 7. Change, multiple-entity systems and complexity; Chapter 8. Mathematical psychology

Chapter 9. Models of individual choiceChapter 10. Mathematical sociology; Chapter 11. Mathematical political science and game theory; Chapter 12. The mathematical economics of social participation;  complexity; Chapter 13. Life and history: The speculative pursuit of value; Chapter 14. World history: The growth and distribution dynamics of power, truth and value; Chapter 15. Debating the mathematical science approach to international relations; References

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a foundational mathematical approach to the modelling of social conflict. Unique in its multidisciplinary focus it is a



vital resource for all researchers in peace science, peace and conflict studies, politics, international relations, mathematical modelling in the social sciences and complexity theory.