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Survival under Uncertainty - Dimitri Volchenkov

Survival under Uncertainty

An Introduction to Probability Models of Social Structure and Evolution
Buch | Softcover
XIV, 238 Seiten
2018 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-81883-2 (ISBN)
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This book introduces and studies a number of stochastic models of subsistence, communication, social evolution and political transition that will allow the reader to grasp the role of uncertainty as a fundamental property of our irreversible world. At the same time, it aims to bring about a more interdisciplinary and quantitative approach across very diverse fields of research in the humanities and social sciences.

Through the examples treated in this work - including anthropology, demography, migration, geopolitics, management, and bioecology, among other things - evidence is gathered to show that volatile environments may change the rules of the evolutionary selection and dynamics of any social system, creating a situation of adaptive uncertainty, in particular, whenever the rate of change of the environment exceeds the rate of adaptation.

Last but notleast, it is hoped that this book will contribute to the understanding that inherent randomness can also be a great opportunity - for social systems and individuals alike - to help face the challenge of "survival under uncertainty".

Introduction.- Subsistence in Uncertainty.- Time and Institutions.- Inequality and the Laws of supply and demand.- Decision making under uncertainty.- Capitalization of uncertainty: stochastic theory of advantage.- Doubly stochastic branching process as a model of natural selection.- Human history as a stochastic process.- The stochastic model of social conformity and political instability.- Random walks over political regimes : History seems to never end.- Urbanization failure and a fission chain reaction of states.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Understanding Complex Systems
Zusatzinfo XIV, 238 p. 55 illus., 44 illus. in color.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Gewicht 3869 g
Themenwelt Mathematik / Informatik Informatik Theorie / Studium
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Theoretische Physik
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Empirische Sozialforschung
Schlagworte Complexity • Complex population dynamics • Data-driven Science, Modeling and Theory Building • Decision making under uncertainty • Dynamics of social evolution • Models of natural selection • Social relations and kinship • Stochastic models of social conformity and instabi • Stochastic models of social conformity and instability • Survival strategies under contraints
ISBN-10 3-319-81883-X / 331981883X
ISBN-13 978-3-319-81883-2 / 9783319818832
Zustand Neuware
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