Author: Paul Bons
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540255222
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
A complete starting package for students and researchers of the earth science community interested in numerical modeling of microstructures. This excellent book deals with the numerical simulation of such microstructures in rocks. It starts with an introduction to existing methods and techniques for optical and electron microscopic analysis. The main part of the book contains examples of numerical modeling of processes and microstructures in rocks, using the software package "ELLE".
Microdynamics Simulation
Author: Paul Bons
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540255222
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
A complete starting package for students and researchers of the earth science community interested in numerical modeling of microstructures. This excellent book deals with the numerical simulation of such microstructures in rocks. It starts with an introduction to existing methods and techniques for optical and electron microscopic analysis. The main part of the book contains examples of numerical modeling of processes and microstructures in rocks, using the software package "ELLE".
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540255222
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
A complete starting package for students and researchers of the earth science community interested in numerical modeling of microstructures. This excellent book deals with the numerical simulation of such microstructures in rocks. It starts with an introduction to existing methods and techniques for optical and electron microscopic analysis. The main part of the book contains examples of numerical modeling of processes and microstructures in rocks, using the software package "ELLE".
Micro-Macro Links and Microfoundations in Sociology
Author: Vincent Buskens
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317977238
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Micro-Macro Links and Microfoundations in Sociology focuses on two main issues in sociology. Firstly, how macro-conditions can explain macro-outcomes mediated by actor behaviour at the micro-level (micro-macro links). Secondly, how alternative micro-models affect macro-outcomes (microfoundations). The contributions reflect key features of micro-macro modelling in sociology as well as recent progress in this field. The chapters address core features of explanations of social phenomena using micro-macro models, the problem of cooperation, heterogeneity of actors, structural balance, opinion formation, segregation, and problems of micro-macro models that are based on rational choice assumptions. Moreover, the contributions show how different research methods can be applied fruitfully, such as laboratory experiments, equilibrium analysis, and agent-based modelling. As a result, the book can be a guide for graduate students who want to develop their skills in building micro-macro models. In addition, the book provides specialists of the different substantive research areas with up-to-date new developments in their research area. This book was originally published as a special issue of Journal of Mathematical Sociology.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317977238
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Micro-Macro Links and Microfoundations in Sociology focuses on two main issues in sociology. Firstly, how macro-conditions can explain macro-outcomes mediated by actor behaviour at the micro-level (micro-macro links). Secondly, how alternative micro-models affect macro-outcomes (microfoundations). The contributions reflect key features of micro-macro modelling in sociology as well as recent progress in this field. The chapters address core features of explanations of social phenomena using micro-macro models, the problem of cooperation, heterogeneity of actors, structural balance, opinion formation, segregation, and problems of micro-macro models that are based on rational choice assumptions. Moreover, the contributions show how different research methods can be applied fruitfully, such as laboratory experiments, equilibrium analysis, and agent-based modelling. As a result, the book can be a guide for graduate students who want to develop their skills in building micro-macro models. In addition, the book provides specialists of the different substantive research areas with up-to-date new developments in their research area. This book was originally published as a special issue of Journal of Mathematical Sociology.
Pattern Formation and Lattice gas Automata
Author: Anna T. Lawniczak
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 0821802585
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
Articles review the diverse recent progress in the theory and development of lattice-gas and lattice Boltzmann methods and their applications. It features up-to-date articles, takes an interdisciplinary approach including mathematics, physical chemistry, and geophysics.
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 0821802585
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
Articles review the diverse recent progress in the theory and development of lattice-gas and lattice Boltzmann methods and their applications. It features up-to-date articles, takes an interdisciplinary approach including mathematics, physical chemistry, and geophysics.
Perspectives on Culture and Agent-based Simulations
Author: Virginia Dignum
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 331901952X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
This volume analyses, from a computational point of view, how culture may arise, develop and evolve through time. The four sections in this book examine and analyse the modelling of culture, group and organisation culture, culture simulation, and culture-sensitive technology design. Different research disciplines have different perspectives on culture, making it difficult to compare and integrate different concepts and models of culture. By taking a computational perspective this book nevertheless enables the integration of concepts that play a role in culture, even though they might originate from different disciplines. Culture is usually regarded as something vague and qualitative and thus difficult to deal with in a computational and formal setting. Taking a computational approach to culture thus encompasses a twofold risk: taking a too simplistic approach to cultural influence on behaviour; or trying to capture too much, hence not leading to useful computational tools. However, the approaches and insights in this collection show how different perspectives by leading researchers described in thirteen chapters still can form a coherent picture. The book thus illustrates the potential of using computing systems to better understand culture. By describing methods, theories and concrete application results about the integration of cultural aspects into computer systems, this book provides inspiration to researchers of all disciplines alike and presents the start of an interdisciplinary dialogue on culture.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 331901952X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
This volume analyses, from a computational point of view, how culture may arise, develop and evolve through time. The four sections in this book examine and analyse the modelling of culture, group and organisation culture, culture simulation, and culture-sensitive technology design. Different research disciplines have different perspectives on culture, making it difficult to compare and integrate different concepts and models of culture. By taking a computational perspective this book nevertheless enables the integration of concepts that play a role in culture, even though they might originate from different disciplines. Culture is usually regarded as something vague and qualitative and thus difficult to deal with in a computational and formal setting. Taking a computational approach to culture thus encompasses a twofold risk: taking a too simplistic approach to cultural influence on behaviour; or trying to capture too much, hence not leading to useful computational tools. However, the approaches and insights in this collection show how different perspectives by leading researchers described in thirteen chapters still can form a coherent picture. The book thus illustrates the potential of using computing systems to better understand culture. By describing methods, theories and concrete application results about the integration of cultural aspects into computer systems, this book provides inspiration to researchers of all disciplines alike and presents the start of an interdisciplinary dialogue on culture.
Understanding Economic Change
Author: Ulrich Witt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107136202
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
Shows how thinking in evolutionary terms enhances our understanding of the economic and social change taking place at all levels.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107136202
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
Shows how thinking in evolutionary terms enhances our understanding of the economic and social change taking place at all levels.
Worldviews, Science and Us
Author: Carlos Gershenson
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9812707425
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
Scientific, technological, and cultural changes have always had an impact upon philosophy. They can force a change in the way we perceive the world, reveal new kinds of phenomena to be understood, and provide new ways of understanding phenomena. Complexity science, immersed in a culture of information, is having a diverse but particularly significant impact upon philosophy. Previous ideas do not necessarily sit comfortably with the new paradigm, resulting in new ideas or new interpretations of old ideas. In this unprecedented interdisciplinary volume, researchers from different backgrounds join efforts to update thinking upon philosophical questions with developments in the scientific study of complex systems. The contributions focus on a wide range of topics, but share the common goal of increasing our understanding and improving our descriptions of our complex world. This revolutionary debate includes contributions from leading experts, as well as young researchers proposing fresh ideas.
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9812707425
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
Scientific, technological, and cultural changes have always had an impact upon philosophy. They can force a change in the way we perceive the world, reveal new kinds of phenomena to be understood, and provide new ways of understanding phenomena. Complexity science, immersed in a culture of information, is having a diverse but particularly significant impact upon philosophy. Previous ideas do not necessarily sit comfortably with the new paradigm, resulting in new ideas or new interpretations of old ideas. In this unprecedented interdisciplinary volume, researchers from different backgrounds join efforts to update thinking upon philosophical questions with developments in the scientific study of complex systems. The contributions focus on a wide range of topics, but share the common goal of increasing our understanding and improving our descriptions of our complex world. This revolutionary debate includes contributions from leading experts, as well as young researchers proposing fresh ideas.
Worldviews, Science And Us: Philosophy And Complexity
Author: Carlos Gershenson
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9814476013
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
Scientific, technological, and cultural changes have always had an impact upon philosophy. They can force a change in the way we perceive the world, reveal new kinds of phenomena to be understood, and provide new ways of understanding phenomena. Complexity science, immersed in a culture of information, is having a diverse but particularly significant impact upon philosophy. Previous ideas do not necessarily sit comfortably with the new paradigm, resulting in new ideas or new interpretations of old ideas.In this unprecedented interdisciplinary volume, researchers from different backgrounds join efforts to update thinking upon philosophical questions with developments in the scientific study of complex systems. The contributions focus on a wide range of topics, but share the common goal of increasing our understanding and improving our descriptions of our complex world. This revolutionary debate includes contributions from leading experts, as well as young researchers proposing fresh ideas.
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9814476013
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
Scientific, technological, and cultural changes have always had an impact upon philosophy. They can force a change in the way we perceive the world, reveal new kinds of phenomena to be understood, and provide new ways of understanding phenomena. Complexity science, immersed in a culture of information, is having a diverse but particularly significant impact upon philosophy. Previous ideas do not necessarily sit comfortably with the new paradigm, resulting in new ideas or new interpretations of old ideas.In this unprecedented interdisciplinary volume, researchers from different backgrounds join efforts to update thinking upon philosophical questions with developments in the scientific study of complex systems. The contributions focus on a wide range of topics, but share the common goal of increasing our understanding and improving our descriptions of our complex world. This revolutionary debate includes contributions from leading experts, as well as young researchers proposing fresh ideas.
Bigger than Chaos
Author: Michael Strevens
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674044061
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Michael Strevens shows how simplicity can co-exist with the tangled interconnections within complex systems. By looking at the foundations of statistical reasoning about complex systems (gases, ecosystems and even social systems) he provides an understanding of how simplicity emerges from complexity.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674044061
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Michael Strevens shows how simplicity can co-exist with the tangled interconnections within complex systems. By looking at the foundations of statistical reasoning about complex systems (gases, ecosystems and even social systems) he provides an understanding of how simplicity emerges from complexity.
Data Collection, Processing, and Presentation
Author: United States. National Commission on Employment and Unemployment Statistics
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Labor supply
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Labor supply
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Counting the labor force
Author: United States. National Commission on Employment and Unemployment Statistics
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description