00893nam0 22002653i 450 VAN0028080620241205113837.58020240909d1924 |0itac50 baengMT|||| |||||i e nStudies in Maltese historyP. F. Bellanti[VallettaEmpire Press1924]XIV, 174 p.ill.19 cmMTLa VallettaVANL002493BellantiP. F.VANV2334431776251Empire Press <editore>VANV233444650ITSOL20241206RICAUFFICIO BIBLIOTECA AREA MUSEALEVAN18VAN00280806UFFICIO BIBLIOTECA AREA MUSEALE18ANAT III 45 18MUS44 20240909 Studies in Maltese history4292473UNICAMPANIA05089nam 2200685Ia 450 991101969590332120200520144314.09786610854424978128085442212808544219783527609581352760958X97835276100063527610006(CKB)1000000000377394(EBL)481292(OCoLC)123897686(SSID)ssj0000143837(PQKBManifestationID)11160423(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000143837(PQKBWorkID)10144331(PQKB)10771217(MiAaPQ)EBC481292(Perlego)2758357(EXLCZ)99100000000037739420061026d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEconophysics and sociophysics trends and perspectives /edited by Bikas K. Chakrabarti, Anirban Chakraborti, and Arnab ChatterjeeWeinheim Wiley-VCHc20061 online resource (650 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9783527406708 3527406700 Includes bibliographical references and index.Econophysics and Sociophysics; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; 1 A Thermodynamic Formulation of Economics; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Differential Forms; 1.2.1 Exact Differential Forms; 1.2.2 Not Exact Differential Forms; 1.2.3 The Integrating Factor; 1.2.4 The First and Second Law of Differential Forms; 1.2.5 Not Exact Differential Forms in Thermodynamics and Economics; 1.3 The First Law of Economics; 1.3.1 The First Law: Capital Balance of Production; 1.3.2 Work (W); 1.3.3 Surplus (ΔQ); 1.3.4 Capital (E); 1.4 The Second Law of Economics1.4.1 The Second Law: Existence of a System Function (S)1.4.2 The Integrating Factor (T); 1.4.3 Entropy and Production Function (S); 1.4.4 Pressure and Personal Freedom; 1.4.5 The Exact Differential (dS(T,V)); 1.4.6 The Maxwell Relation; 1.4.7 Lagrange Function; 1.5 Statistics; 1.5.1 Combinations; 1.5.2 Normal Distribution; 1.5.3 Polynomial Distribution; 1.5.4 Lagrange Function in Stochastic Systems; 1.5.5 Boltzmann Distribution; 1.6 Entropy in Economics; 1.6.1 Entropy as a Production Function; 1.6.2 Entropy of Commodity Distribution; 1.6.3 Entropy of Capital Distribution1.6.4 Entropy of Production1.6.5 Summary of Entropy; 1.7 Mechanism of Production and Trade; 1.7.1 The Carnot Process; 1.7.2 The Origin of Growth and Wealth; 1.7.3 World Trade Mechanism; 1.7.4 Returns; 1.8 Dynamics of Production: Economic Growth; 1.8.1 Two Interdependent Systems: Industry and Households; 1.8.2 Linear and Exponential Growth (0 1); 1.9 Conclusion; References; 2 Zero-intelligence Models of Limit-order Markets; 2.1 Introduction2.2 Possible Zero-intelligence Models2.3 Data Analysis and Empirical Facts Regarding Statics; 2.4 Dynamics: Processes, Rates, and Relationships; 2.5 Resulting Model; 2.6 Results from the Model; 2.7 Analytic Studies: Introduction and Mean-field Approach; 2.8 Random-walk Analyses; 2.9 Independent Interval Approximation; 2.10 Concluding Discussion; References; 3 Understanding and Managing the Future Evolution of a Competitive Multi-agent Population; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 A Game of Two Dice; 3.3 Formal Description of the System's Evolution; 3.4 Binary Agent Resource System3.5 Natural Evolution: No System Management3.6 Evolution Management via Perturbations to Population's Composition; 3.7 Reducing the Future-Cast Formalism; 3.8 Concluding Remarks and Discussion; References; 4 Growth of Firms and Networks; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Growth of Firms; 4.2.1 Dataset of European Firms; 4.2.2 Pareto-Zipf's Law for Distribution; 4.2.3 Gibrat's Law for Growth; 4.2.4 Detailed Balance; 4.3 Pareto-Zipf and Gibrat under Detailed Balance; 4.3.1 Kinematics; 4.3.2 Growth of Firms and Universality of Zipf's Law; 4.4 Small and Mid-sized Firms4.4.1 Data for Small and Mid-sized FirmsUsing tricks to handle coupled nonlinear dynamical many-body systems, several advancements have already been made in understanding the behavior of markets/economic/social systems and their dynamics. The book intends to provide the reader with updated reviews on such major developments in both econophysics and sociophysics, by leading experts in the respective fields. This is the first book providing a panoramic view of these developments in the last decade.Statistical physicsPhysicsStatistical physics.Physics.530.1595Chakrabarti B. K(Bikas K.),1952-47326Chakraborti Anirban1344304Chatterjee Arnab1842369MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911019695903321Econophysics and sociophysics4422433UNINA