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Autore |
Burt Gordon |
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Titolo |
Conflict, complexity and mathematical social science [[electronic resource] /] / Gordon Burt |
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ISBN |
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1-282-75300-2 |
9786612753008 |
1-84950-973-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (286 p.) |
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Collana |
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Contributions to conflict management, peace economics and development ; ; v. 15 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social conflict - Mathematical models |
Social sciences - Mathematical models |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book provides a foundational mathematical approach to the modelling of social conflict. Unique in its multidisciplinary focus it is a |
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vital resource for all researchers in peace science, peace and conflict studies, politics, international relations, mathematical modelling in the social sciences and complexity theory. |
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