Lewis Fry Richardson : : His Intellectual Legacy and Influence in the Social Sciences.

• Superior document: Pioneers in Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Practice Series ; v.27
• Author: Gleditsch, Nils Petter.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2019.; Ã2020.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Pioneers in Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Practice Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (154 pages)

Table of Contents

Contents -- 1 Lewis Fry Richardson - A Pioneer Not Forgotten -- Abstract -- 1.1 His Life and Work -- 1.2 The Study of Arms Races -- 1.3 Identifying Deadly Quarrels -- 1.4 The Stability of the Long Peace -- 1.5 The Role of Geography in Conflict -- 1.6 The Role of Mathematics in Peace Studies -- 1.7 The Conscience of a Scholar -- 1.8 The Impossible Dream -- References -- 2 Lewis Fry Richardson: A Personal Narrative -- Abstract -- 2.1 Introduction -- References -- 3 The Influence of the Richardson Arms Race Model -- Abstract -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The Equations -- 3.3 Interpreting the Equations -- 3.4 Other Arms Races -- 3.5 Conclusion -- References -- 4 What Richardson Got Right (and Wrong) About Arms Races and War -- Abstract -- 4.1 The Arms Race-War Debate -- 4.2 Richardson on Arms Races and War -- 4.2.1 The Dynamics of Arms Races and Their Implications for the Study of War -- 4.2.2 More Specific Claims About Arms Races and War -- 4.2.3 Empirical Findings -- References -- 5 Richardson and the Study of Dynamic Conflict Processes -- Abstract -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Richardsonian Dynamics: Time, Feedback, and Interactions -- 5.3 Dynamics in Formal Theory Traditions -- 5.3.1 Game Theory -- 5.3.2 Evolutionary Games and Agent-Based Models -- 5.3.3 Differential Equations Models -- 5.4 Dynamic Processes in Research Design and Empirical Analysis -- 5.4.1 Early Work -- 5.4.2 Current Empirical Research: An Illustration -- 5.5 Conclusions and Recommendations -- References -- 6 Back to the Future: Richardson's Multilateral Arms Race Model -- Abstract -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Multilateral Arms Races -- 6.3 Military Spending -- 6.4 Reactivity -- 6.5 The System of Equations -- 6.6 What About the Present? -- References -- 7 From Hand-Counting to GIS: Richardson in the Information Age -- Abstract -- 7.1 Introduction.

7.2 The GIS Revolution in the Social Sciences -- 7.3 GIS and Spatial Data Analysis -- 7.4 Conclusion -- References -- 8 Weather, War, and Chaos: Richardson's Encounter with Molecules and Nations -- Abstract -- 8.1 On Molecules and Nations: Richardson's Scientific Conceptions -- 8.2 The Framework of the Richardson Arms Race Model -- 8.2.1 Stability and Balance of Power -- 8.2.2 Critical Issues and Decision Rules -- 8.2.3 Chaos and Predictability in the Arms Race -- 8.3 Multi-agent Interaction of Conflict and Cooperation -- 8.3.1 From Individual Action to Multi-agent Interaction -- 8.3.2 Conditions for Stability -- 8.3.3 Connection to the Richardson Model -- 8.4 Model Applications -- 8.4.1 Complex Conflict Landscapes and the Spiral of Violence -- 8.4.2 Climate Change, Social Instability, and Violent Conflict -- 8.5 Summary and Outlook -- References -- 9 When Lanchester Met Richardson: The Interaction of Warfare with Psychology -- Abstract -- 9.1 Richardson's Arms Race Model -- 9.2 A Lanchester-Richardson Model -- 9.3 A Deitchman-Richardson Model -- 9.4 Models with Three Actors -- 9.5 The Lanchester Truel -- 9.6 Concluding Thoughts -- References -- 10 On the Frequency and Severity of Interstate Wars -- Abstract -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Preliminaries -- 10.3 The Size and Timing of Wars -- 10.4 Are Large Wars Declining? -- 10.5 Evaluating the Past -- 10.6 Peering into the Future -- 10.7 Discussion -- References -- 11 The Decline of War Since 1950: New Evidence -- Abstract -- 11.1 A Continuing Debate -- 11.2 Richardson Provides Our Framework -- 11.3 A New Debate on the Decline of War -- 11.4 Measuring War -- 11.5 Insights from the Data -- 11.6 A More Peaceful World Since 1950 -- References -- Richardson's Life and Work -- Par42 -- Par49 -- Sec1 -- About the Editor Nils Petter Gleditsch -- Contents.

12 Correction to: Lewis Fry Richardson: His Intellectual Legacy and Influence in the Social Sciences -- Correction to: N. P. Gleditsch (ed.), Lewis Fry Richardson: His Intellectual Legacy and Influence in the Social Sciences, Pioneers in Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Practice 27, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31589-4_8 -- Richardson's Life and Work -- Par42 -- Par49 -- Sec1 -- About the Editor Nils Petter Gleditsch.