Ebook: Probability in Social Science: Seven Expository Units Illustrating the Use of Probability Methods and Models, with Exercises, and Bibliographies to Guide Further Reading in the Social Science and Mathematics Literatures
Author: Samuel Goldberg (auth.)
- Tags: Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes, Game Theory Economics Social and Behav. Sciences, Applications of Mathematics
- Series: Mathematical Modeling 1a
- Year: 1983
- Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Birkhauser Boston, Inc., will publish a series of carefully selected mono graphs in the area of mathematical modeling to present serious applications of mathematics for both the undergraduate and the professional audience. Some of the monographs to be selected and published will appeal more to the professional mathematician and user of mathematics, serving to familiarize the user with new models and new methods. Some, like the present monograph, will stress the educational aspect and will appeal more to a student audience, either as a textbook or as additional reading. We feel that this first volume in the series may in itself serve as a model for our program. Samuel Goldberg attaches a high priority to teaching stu dents the art of modeling, that is, to use his words, the art of constructing useful mathematical models of real-world phenomena. We concur. It is our strong conviction as editors that the connection between the actual problems and their mathematical models must be factually plausible, if not actually real. As this first volume in the new series goes to press, we invite its readers to share with us both their criticisms and their constructive suggestions.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
A Power Index for Individuals and Coalitions....Pages 1-18
How Many People Have Ever Lived?....Pages 19-31
Management of Research Projects....Pages 33-47
Stochastic Learning Models....Pages 49-63
Glottochronology....Pages 65-77
Probability Models for Mobility....Pages 79-96
Recall From Memory....Pages 97-109
Postscript....Pages 111-114
Back Matter....Pages 115-119
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
A Power Index for Individuals and Coalitions....Pages 1-18
How Many People Have Ever Lived?....Pages 19-31
Management of Research Projects....Pages 33-47
Stochastic Learning Models....Pages 49-63
Glottochronology....Pages 65-77
Probability Models for Mobility....Pages 79-96
Recall From Memory....Pages 97-109
Postscript....Pages 111-114
Back Matter....Pages 115-119
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