Social Dynamics Models And Methods

Author : Nancy Brandon Tuma
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1984-08-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780323156905

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Social Dynamics Models and Methods by Nancy Brandon Tuma Pdf

Social Dynamics: Models and Methods focuses on sociological methodology and on the practice of sociological research. This book is organized into three parts encompassing 16 chapters that deal with the basic principles of social dynamics. The first part of this book considers the development of models and methods for causal analysis of the actual time paths of change in attributes of individual and social systems. This part also discusses the applications in which the use of dynamic models and methods seems to have enhanced the capacity to formulate and test sociological arguments. These models and methods are useful for answering questions about the detailed structure of social change processes. The second part explores the formulation of the continuous-time models of change in both quantitative and qualitative outcomes and the development of suitable methods for estimating these models from the kinds of data commonly available to sociologists. The third part describes a stochastic framework for analyzing both qualitative and quantitative outcome of social changes. This part also discusses the sociologists' perspective on the empirical study of social change processes. This text will be of great value to sociologists and sociological researchers.

Author : Nancy Brandon Tuma,Michael T. Hannan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Social change
ISBN : 0127036725

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Social Dynamics by Nancy Brandon Tuma,Michael T. Hannan Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:180633032

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Social Dynamics by Anonim Pdf

Author : D. Helbing
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401585163

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Quantitative Sociodynamics by D. Helbing Pdf

Quantitative Sociodynamics presents a general strategy for interdisciplinary model building and its application to a quantitative description of behavioural changes based on social interaction processes. Originally, the crucial methods for the modeling of complex systems (stochastic methods and nonlinear dynamics) were developed in physics but they have very often proved their explanatory power in chemistry, biology, economics and the social sciences. Quantitative Sociodynamics provides a unified and comprehensive overview of the different stochastic methods, their interrelations and properties. In addition, it introduces the most important concepts from nonlinear dynamics (synergetics, chaos theory). The applicability of these fascinating concepts to social phenomena is carefully discussed. By incorporating decision-theoretical approaches a very fundamental dynamic model is obtained which seems to open new perspectives in the social sciences. It includes many established models as special cases, e.g. the logistic equation, the gravity model, some diffusion models, the evolutionary game theory and the social field theory, but it also implies numerous new results. Examples concerning opinion formation, migration, social field theory; the self-organization of behavioural conventions as well as the behaviour of customers and voters are presented and illustrated by computer simulations. Quantitative Sociodynamics is relevant both for social scientists and natural scientists who are interested in the application of stochastic and synergetics concepts to interdisciplinary topics.

Author : Sy-Miin Chow,Emilio Ferrer,Fushing Hsieh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-25
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135262587

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Statistical Methods for Modeling Human Dynamics by Sy-Miin Chow,Emilio Ferrer,Fushing Hsieh Pdf

This interdisciplinary volume features contributions from researchers in the fields of psychology, neuroscience, statistics, computer science, and physics. State-of-the-art techniques and applications used to analyze data obtained from studies in cognition, emotion, and electrophysiology are reviewed along with techniques for modeling in real time and for examining lifespan cognitive changes, for conceptualizing change using item response, nonparametric and hierarchical models, and control theory-inspired techniques for deriving diagnoses in medical and psychotherapeutic settings. The syntax for running the analyses presented in the book is provided on the Psychology Press site. Most of the programs are written in R while others are for Matlab, SAS, Win-BUGS, and DyFA. Readers will appreciate a review of the latest methodological techniques developed in the last few years. Highlights include an examination of: Statistical and mathematical modeling techniques for the analysis of brain imaging such as EEGs, fMRIs, and other neuroscience data Dynamic modeling techniques for intensive repeated measurement data Panel modeling techniques for fewer time points data State-space modeling techniques for psychological data Techniques used to analyze reaction time data. Each chapter features an introductory overview of the techniques needed to understand the chapter, a summary, and numerous examples. Each self-contained chapter can be read on its own and in any order. Divided into three major sections, the book examines techniques for examining within-person derivations in change patterns, intra-individual change, and inter-individual differences in change and interpersonal dynamics. Intended for advanced students and researchers, this book will appeal to those interested in applying state-of-the-art dynamic modeling techniques to the the study of neurological, developmental, cognitive, and social/personality psychology, as well as neuroscience, computer science, and engineering.

Author : Peter J. Carrington,John Scott,Stanley Wasserman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2005-02-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1139443437

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Models and Methods in Social Network Analysis by Peter J. Carrington,John Scott,Stanley Wasserman Pdf

Models and Methods in Social Network Analysis, first published in 2005, presents the most important developments in quantitative models and methods for analyzing social network data that have appeared during the 1990s. Intended as a complement to Wasserman and Faust's Social Network Analysis: Methods and Applications, it is a collection of articles by leading methodologists reviewing advances in their particular areas of network methods. Reviewed are advances in network measurement, network sampling, the analysis of centrality, positional analysis or blockmodelling, the analysis of diffusion through networks, the analysis of affiliation or 'two-mode' networks, the theory of random graphs, dependence graphs, exponential families of random graphs, the analysis of longitudinal network data, graphical techniques for exploring network data, and software for the analysis of social networks.

Author : Peter Hedström,Peter Bearman
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 795 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780191615238

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The Oxford Handbook of Analytical Sociology by Peter Hedström,Peter Bearman Pdf

Analytical sociology is a strategy for understanding the social world. It is concerned with explaining important social facts such as network structures, patterns of residential segregation, typical beliefs, cultural tastes, and common ways of acting. It explains such facts by detailing in clear and precise ways the mechanisms through which the social facts were brought about. Making sense of the relationship between micro and macro thus is one of the central concerns of analytical sociology. The approach is a contemporary incarnation of Robert K. Merton's notion of middle-range theory and presents a vision of sociological theory as a tool-box of semi-general theories each of which is adequate for explaining certain types of phenomena. The Handbook brings together some of the most prominent sociologists in the world. Some of the chapters focus on action and interaction as the cogs and wheels of social processes, while others consider the dynamic social processes that these actions and interactions bring about.

Author : Jim Duggan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-14
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783319340432

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System Dynamics Modeling with R by Jim Duggan Pdf

This new interdisciplinary work presents system dynamics as a powerful approach to enable analysts build simulation models of social systems, with a view toward enhancing decision making. Grounded in the feedback perspective of complex systems, the book provides a practical introduction to system dynamics, and covers key concepts such as stocks, flows, and feedback. Societal challenges such as predicting the impact of an emerging infectious disease, estimating population growth, and assessing the capacity of health services to cope with demographic change can all benefit from the application of computer simulation. This text explains important building blocks of the system dynamics approach, including material delays, stock management heuristics, and how to model effects between different systemic elements. Models from epidemiology, health systems, and economics are presented to illuminate important ideas, and the R programming language is used to provide an open-source and interoperable way to build system dynamics models. System Dynamics Modeling with R also describes hands-on techniques that can enhance client confidence in system dynamic models, including model testing, model analysis, and calibration. Developed from the author’s course in system dynamics, this book is written for undergraduate and postgraduate students of management, operations research, computer science, and applied mathematics. Its focus is on the fundamental building blocks of system dynamics models, and its choice of R as a modeling language make it an ideal reference text for those wishing to integrate system dynamics modeling with related data analytic methods and techniques.

Author : Bouchra Aylaj,Nicola Bellomo,Livio Gibelli,Damián Knopoff
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-01
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783031024283

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Crowd Dynamics by Kinetic Theory Modeling by Bouchra Aylaj,Nicola Bellomo,Livio Gibelli,Damián Knopoff Pdf

The contents of this brief Lecture Note are devoted to modeling, simulations, and applications with the aim of proposing a unified multiscale approach accounting for the physics and the psychology of people in crowds. The modeling approach is based on the mathematical theory of active particles, with the goal of contributing to safety problems of interest for the well-being of our society, for instance, by supporting crisis management in critical situations such as sudden evacuation dynamics induced through complex venues by incidents.

Author : Ananth Grama,Ahmed H. Sameh
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783030437367

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Parallel Algorithms in Computational Science and Engineering by Ananth Grama,Ahmed H. Sameh Pdf

This contributed volume highlights two areas of fundamental interest in high-performance computing: core algorithms for important kernels and computationally demanding applications. The first few chapters explore algorithms, numerical techniques, and their parallel formulations for a variety of kernels that arise in applications. The rest of the volume focuses on state-of-the-art applications from diverse domains. By structuring the volume around these two areas, it presents a comprehensive view of the application landscape for high-performance computing, while also enabling readers to develop new applications using the kernels. Readers will learn how to choose the most suitable parallel algorithms for any given application, ensuring that theory and practicality are clearly connected. Applications using these techniques are illustrated in detail, including: Computational materials science and engineering Computational cardiovascular analysis Multiscale analysis of wind turbines and turbomachinery Weather forecasting Machine learning techniques Parallel Algorithms in Computational Science and Engineering will be an ideal reference for applied mathematicians, engineers, computer scientists, and other researchers who utilize high-performance computing in their work.

Author : Hans-Peter Blossfeld,G”tz Rohwer
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2001-09-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135639129

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Techniques of Event History Modeling by Hans-Peter Blossfeld,G”tz Rohwer Pdf

Including new developments and publications which have appeared since the publication of the first edition in 1995, this second edition: *gives a comprehensive introductory account of event history modeling techniques and their use in applied research in economics and the social sciences; *demonstrates that event history modeling is a major step forward in causal analysis. To do so the authors show that event history models employ the time-path of changes in states and relate changes in causal variables in the past to changes in discrete outcomes in the future; and *introduces the reader to the computer program Transition Data Analysis (TDA). This software estimates the sort of models most frequently used with longitudinal data, in particular, discrete-time and continuous-time event history data. Techniques of Event History Modeling can serve as a student textbook in the fields of statistics, economics, the social sciences, psychology, and the political sciences. It can also be used as a reference for scientists in all fields of research.

Author : Alessandra Celletti,Ugo Locatelli,Tommaso Ruggeri,Elisabetta Strickland
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319026572

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Mathematical Models and Methods for Planet Earth by Alessandra Celletti,Ugo Locatelli,Tommaso Ruggeri,Elisabetta Strickland Pdf

In 2013 several scientific activities have been devoted to mathematical researches for the study of planet Earth. The current volume presents a selection of the highly topical issues presented at the workshop “Mathematical Models and Methods for Planet Earth”, held in Roma (Italy), in May 2013. The fields of interest span from impacts of dangerous asteroids to the safeguard from space debris, from climatic changes to monitoring geological events, from the study of tumor growth to sociological problems. In all these fields the mathematical studies play a relevant role as a tool for the analysis of specific topics and as an ingredient of multidisciplinary problems. To investigate these problems we will see many different mathematical tools at work: just to mention some, stochastic processes, PDE, normal forms, chaos theory.

Author : M. Matthies,H. Malchow,J. Kriz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642565854

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Integrative Systems Approaches to Natural and Social Dynamics by M. Matthies,H. Malchow,J. Kriz Pdf

At the start of the new millennium, mankind is challenged by a paradox: the more we know about the world the more uncertain we become in understanding and predicting how it works. This book presents an outline of a new basis for Systems Science, and a methodology for its application in complex environmental, economic, social, and technological systems.

Author : Michael Lewis-Beck,Alan E Bryman,Tim Futing Liao
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0761923632

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The SAGE Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods by Michael Lewis-Beck,Alan E Bryman,Tim Futing Liao Pdf

Featuring over 900 entries, this resource covers all disciplines within the social sciences with both concise definitions & in-depth essays.

Author : Thomas R. Trabasso,John P. Sabatini,Dominic W. Massaro,Robert Calfee
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781135609504

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From Orthography to Pedagogy by Thomas R. Trabasso,John P. Sabatini,Dominic W. Massaro,Robert Calfee Pdf

From Orthography to Pedagogy pays tribute to Richard L. Venezky's work and influence on reading, linguistics, and computer science. This book catalogs findings related to speech and language development, reading and spelling's role in infant speech development, and the present and future advances in the study and theory of speech and cognitive development. The editors focus on the role technology could play in development and advancement of literacy speech and reasoning. Topics include: *speech directed at infants; *speech perception; *cognitive development and spelling; *early reading instruction; *reading and comprehension; and *influences of modern technology and multi-media. Representing a history of study in the field, this book appeals to anyone working in the area of language development, as well as those in related fields such as linguistics and developmental psychology.