Introduction to Mathematical Sociology /

Introduction to Mathematical Sociology / / Phillip Bonacich, Philip Lu.

A comprehensive textbook on the tools of mathematical sociology and their applicationsMathematical models and computer simulations of complex social systems have become everyday tools in sociology. Yet until now, students had no up-to-date textbook from which to learn these techniques. Introduction...

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Bonacich, Phillip,
Lu, Philip,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.) :; 25 halftones. 58 line illus. 30 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Set Theory and Mathematical Truth
  • 3. Probability: Pure and Applied
  • 4. Relations and Functions
  • 5. Networks and Graphs
  • 6. Weak Ties
  • 7. Vectors and Matrices
  • 8. Adding and Multiplying Matrices
  • 9. Cliques and Other Groups
  • 10. Centrality
  • 11. Small-World Networks
  • 12. Scale-Free Networks
  • 13. Balance Theory
  • 14. Markov Chains
  • 15. Demography
  • 16. Evolutionary Game Theory
  • 17. Power and Cooperative Games
  • 18. Complexity and Chaos
  • Afterword: “Resistance Is Futile”
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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