Binding: Paperback
Description: Models of Society and Complex Systems introduces readers to a variety of different mathematical tools used for modelling human behaviour and interactions and the complex social dynamics that drive institutions conflict and coordination. What laws govern human affairs? How can we make sense of the complexity of societies and how do individual actions characteristics and beliefs interact? Social systems follow regularities which allow us to answer these questions using different mathematical approaches. This book emphasises both theory and application. It systematically introduces mathematical approaches such as evolutionary and spatial game theory social network analysis agent - based modelling and chaos theory. It provides readers with the necessary theoretical background of each toolset as well as the underlying intuition while each chapter includes exercises and applications to real - world phenomena. By looking behind the surface of various social occurrences the reader uncovers the reasons why social systems exhibit both cultural universals and at the same time a diversity of practices and norms to a degree that even surpasses biological variety or why some riots turn into revolutions while others do not even make it into the news. This book is written for any scholar in the social sciences interested in studying and understanding human behaviour social dynamics and the complex systems of society. It does not expect readers to have a particular background apart from some elementary knowledge and affinity for mathematics.
Title: Models Of Society And Complex Systems
Author(s): Ille Sebastian
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780367473976
Pages: 276 Pages
Publication Date: 11/24/2022
Category: Psychological Methodology