Mathematical frontiers of the social and policy sciences. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Loren Cobb and Robert M. Thrall.
• Other Names: Cobb, Loren; Thrall, Robert McDowell, 1914-; American Association for the Advancement of Science.
• Contents: Cover; Half title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; About the Book; About the Series; Contents; Figures and Tables; About the Editors and Authors; Introduction; 1 Knowledge Representation in Cognitive Psychology; Abstract; Introduction; Human Information Processing; The Representation of Knowledge; The Origins of Representation Theories; Current Approaches; The Impact on Formal Theorization; The Impact on Experimentation; The Collins and Quillian Experiment; Assumptions Underlying the Experimentation; What Were the Real Revresentations?; The Identifiability Problem A Formal Approaah to the Identifiability ProblemA Conarete Example; The Brain as a Black Box; Where Do We Go From Here?; Conclusion; References; 2 Stochastic Differential Equations for the Social Sciences; Abstract; Introduction; The Itô Formulation; Linear Stochastic Systems; Stochastic Epidemic Theory; The Stochastic Cusp Catastrophe; Cusp Statistics; Conclusion; References; 3 Possibility Theory and Soft Data Analysis; Abstract; Introduction; Basic Properties of Possibility Distributions; Possibility Measure; Joint, Marginal and Conditional Possibility Distributions; The Extension Principle Translation Rules and Meaning RepresentationTranslation Rules; Inference from Soft Data and Mathematical Programming; Rules of Inference; Examples of Inference from Soft Data; Evidence, Certainty and Possibility; Concluding Remark; References and Related Papers; 4 Multicriterion Decision Analysis; Abstract; Introduction; Need for Multidimensional Utility Measures; Handling Multidimensional Utility; Hard and Soft Data; Appendix: Non-Monetary Factorsin Accounting; Introduction; Background; Non-Monetary Data Issues; Additional Issues in the Public Sector or the Not-For-Profit Organization
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 300/.724; Social sciences -- Mathematical models -- Congresses; Policy sciences -- Mathematical models -- Congresses; Cognition -- Mathematical models -- Congresses; Decision making -- Mathematical models -- Congresses; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General; Cognition -- Mathematical models; Decision making -- Mathematical models; Policy sciences -- Mathematical models; Social sciences -- Mathematical models; Electronic books; Electronic books; Conference papers and proceedings; Conference papers and proceedings
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429708541; 0429708548; 9780429052415; 0429052413; 9780429728556; 0429728557; 9780429748561; 0429748566
• Related ISBNs: 9780367022556; 0367022559
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource ; title from PDF title page (EBSCO ; viewed July 26, 2019)
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