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Econophysics and sociophysics [[electronic resource] ] : trends and perspectives / / edited by Bikas K. Chakrabarti, Anirban Chakraborti, and Arnab Chatterjee
| Econophysics and sociophysics [[electronic resource] ] : trends and perspectives / / edited by Bikas K. Chakrabarti, Anirban Chakraborti, and Arnab Chatterjee |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Weinheim, : Wiley-VCH, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (650 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530.1595 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
ChakrabartiB. K <1952-> (Bikas K.)
ChakrabortiAnirban ChatterjeeArnab |
| Soggetto topico |
Statistical physics
Physics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-85442-1
9786610854424 3-527-60958-X 3-527-61000-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 Economics
1.4.1 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 Distribution 1.6.4 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 Introduction 2.2 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 System 3.5 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 Firms 4.4.1 Data for Small and Mid-sized Firms |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910144749903321 |
| Weinheim, : Wiley-VCH, c2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Econophysics and sociophysics [[electronic resource] ] : trends and perspectives / / edited by Bikas K. Chakrabarti, Anirban Chakraborti, and Arnab Chatterjee
| Econophysics and sociophysics [[electronic resource] ] : trends and perspectives / / edited by Bikas K. Chakrabarti, Anirban Chakraborti, and Arnab Chatterjee |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Weinheim, : Wiley-VCH, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (650 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530.1595 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
ChakrabartiB. K <1952-> (Bikas K.)
ChakrabortiAnirban ChatterjeeArnab |
| Soggetto topico |
Statistical physics
Physics |
| ISBN |
1-280-85442-1
9786610854424 3-527-60958-X 3-527-61000-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 Economics
1.4.1 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 Distribution 1.6.4 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 Introduction 2.2 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 System 3.5 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 Firms 4.4.1 Data for Small and Mid-sized Firms |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830697303321 |
| Weinheim, : Wiley-VCH, c2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Modelling critical and catastrophic phenomena in geoscience : a statistical physics approach / / Pratip Bhattacharyya, Bikas K. Chakrabarti (editors)
| Modelling critical and catastrophic phenomena in geoscience : a statistical physics approach / / Pratip Bhattacharyya, Bikas K. Chakrabarti (editors) |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2006.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York : , : Springer, , [2006] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (529 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.22 |
| Collana | Lecture notes in physics |
| Soggetto topico |
Seismology - Statistical methods
Earthquakes - Mathematical models |
| ISBN |
1-280-62741-7
9786610627417 3-540-35375-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Tutorial: Introductory Material -- Statistical Physics of Fracture and Earthquake -- Rupture Processes in Fibre Bundle Models -- Extensions of Fibre Bundle Models -- Survey of Scaling Surfaces -- Physics Models of Earthquake -- Some Early Earthquake Source Models -- Geometric Models of Earthquakes -- Friction, Stick-Slip Motion and Earthquake -- Statistical Features of Earthquake Temporal Occurrence -- Spatiotemporal Correlations of Earthquakes -- Space-time Combined Correlation Between Earthquakes and a New, Self-Consistent Definition of Aftershocks -- Short-Term Prediction of Mediumand Large-Size Earthquakes Based on Markov and Extended Self-Similarity Analysis of Seismic Data -- Why Does Theoretical Physics Fail to Explain and Predict Earthquake Occurrence? -- Modelling Related Phenomena -- Aeolian Transport and Dune Formation -- Avalanches and Ripples in Sandpiles -- Dynamics of Stick-Slip: Some Universal and Not So Universal Features -- Search for Precursors in Some Models of Catastrophic Failures -- Miscellaneous Short Notes -- Nonlinear Analysis of Radon Time Series Related to Earthquake -- A Thermomechanical Model of Earthquakes -- Fractal Dimension of the 2001 El Salvador Earthquake Time Series -- Approach in Time to Breakdown in the RRTN Model -- Critical Behaviour of Mixed Fibres with Uniform Distribution. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910146623303321 |
| Berlin ; ; New York : , : Springer, , [2006] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Modelling critical and catastrophic phenomena in geoscience : a statistical physics approach / / Pratip Bhattacharyya, Bikas K. Chakrabarti (editors)
| Modelling critical and catastrophic phenomena in geoscience : a statistical physics approach / / Pratip Bhattacharyya, Bikas K. Chakrabarti (editors) |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2006.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York : , : Springer, , [2006] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (529 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.22 |
| Collana | Lecture notes in physics |
| Soggetto topico |
Seismology - Statistical methods
Earthquakes - Mathematical models |
| ISBN |
1-280-62741-7
9786610627417 3-540-35375-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Tutorial: Introductory Material -- Statistical Physics of Fracture and Earthquake -- Rupture Processes in Fibre Bundle Models -- Extensions of Fibre Bundle Models -- Survey of Scaling Surfaces -- Physics Models of Earthquake -- Some Early Earthquake Source Models -- Geometric Models of Earthquakes -- Friction, Stick-Slip Motion and Earthquake -- Statistical Features of Earthquake Temporal Occurrence -- Spatiotemporal Correlations of Earthquakes -- Space-time Combined Correlation Between Earthquakes and a New, Self-Consistent Definition of Aftershocks -- Short-Term Prediction of Mediumand Large-Size Earthquakes Based on Markov and Extended Self-Similarity Analysis of Seismic Data -- Why Does Theoretical Physics Fail to Explain and Predict Earthquake Occurrence? -- Modelling Related Phenomena -- Aeolian Transport and Dune Formation -- Avalanches and Ripples in Sandpiles -- Dynamics of Stick-Slip: Some Universal and Not So Universal Features -- Search for Precursors in Some Models of Catastrophic Failures -- Miscellaneous Short Notes -- Nonlinear Analysis of Radon Time Series Related to Earthquake -- A Thermomechanical Model of Earthquakes -- Fractal Dimension of the 2001 El Salvador Earthquake Time Series -- Approach in Time to Breakdown in the RRTN Model -- Critical Behaviour of Mixed Fibres with Uniform Distribution. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996466719503316 |
| Berlin ; ; New York : , : Springer, , [2006] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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