Sociophysics : an introduction / Parongama Sen and Bikas K. Chakrabarti.
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TextPublication details: UK : Oxford University Press, 2014.Description: xii, 283 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN: - 9780199662456
- 306.45 23 Se474
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| 306.45 M575 Sociology of science | 306.45 R255 Scientific knowledge and its social problems | 306.45 R962 Science and modern life | 306.45 Se474 Sociophysics : | 306.45 St884 Social system of science | 306.45 V391 Science and society | 306.45 Z71 Force of knowledge |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [248]-280) and index.
1. Introduction ;
2. Basic features of social systems and modelling ;
3. Opinion formation in a society ;
4. Social choices and popularity ;
5. Crowd avoiding dynamical phenomena ;
6. Social phenomena on complex networks ;
7. Of flocks, flows and transports ;
8. Endnote ;
Appendix A: Phase transitions and critical phenomena ; Appendix B: Magnetic systems: static and dynamical behaviour;
Appendix C: Percolation and fractals ;
Appendix D: Random walks ;
Appendix E: Monte Carlo simulations ;
Appendix F: Some data analysis methods and useful tables ;
References ;
Index.
This book discusses the study and analysis of the physical aspects of social systems and models, inspired by the analogy with familiar models of physical systems and possible applications of statistical physics tools.
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