When I wrote the book Quantitative Sociodynamics, it was an early attempt to make methods from statistical physics and complex systems theory fruitful for the modeling and understanding of social phenomena. Unfortunately, the ?rst edition appeared at a quite prohibitive price. This was one reason to make these chapters available again by a new edition. The other reason is that, in the meantime, many of the methods discussed in this book are more and more used in a variety of different ?elds. Among the ideas worked out in this book are: 1 a statistical theory of binary social interactions, a...
When I wrote the book Quantitative Sociodynamics, it was an early attempt to make methods from statistical physics and complex systems theory fruitful...
Der Verkehr spielt in unserer industrialisierten Gesellschaft zweifellos eine wichtige Rolle. Wir verdanken ihm nicht nur unsere Bewegungsfreiheit, son dern auch unseren Wohlstand. Seit einigen Jahren werden jedoch die Grenzen der Mobilitat angesichts kilometerlanger Staus und zunehmender Umwelt probleme uniibersehbar. Daher blieb das Thema Verkehr nicht mehr eini gen Verkehrsingenieuren vorbehalten, sondern es wurde zum gesellschaftlich relevanten Politikum und erlangte eine breite offentliche Aufmerksamkeit. Mittlerweile befassen sich mit ihm, auBer renommierten Fachzeitschriften,...
Der Verkehr spielt in unserer industrialisierten Gesellschaft zweifellos eine wichtige Rolle. Wir verdanken ihm nicht nur unsere Bewegungsfreiheit, so...
What are the principles that keep our society together? This question is even more difficult to answer than the long-standing question, what are the forces that keep our world together. However, the social challenges of humanity in the 21st century ranging from the financial crises to the impacts of globalization, require us to make fast progress in our understanding of how society works, and how our future can be managed in a resilient and sustainable way. This book can present only a few very first steps towards this ambitious goal. However, based on simple models of social interactions,...
What are the principles that keep our society together? This question is even more difficult to answer than the long-standing question, what are the f...
In recent years flows in networks have attracted the interest of many researchers from different areas, e.g. applied mathematicians, engineers, physicists, economists. The main reason for this ubiquity is the wide and diverse range of applications, such as vehicular traffic, supply chains, blood flow, irrigation channels, data networks and others. This book presents an extensive set of notes by world leaders on the main mathematical techniques used to address such problems, together with investigations into specific applications. The main focus is on partial differential equations in...
In recent years flows in networks have attracted the interest of many researchers from different areas, e.g. applied mathematicians, engineers, physic...
Der Verkehr spielt in unserer industrialisierten Gesellschaft zweifellos eine wichtige Rolle. Wir verdanken ihm nicht nur unsere Bewegungsfreiheit, son dern auch unseren Wohlstand. Seit einigen Jahren werden jedoch die Grenzen der Mobilitat angesichts kilometerlanger Staus und zunehmender Umwelt probleme uniibersehbar. Daher blieb das Thema "Verkehr" nicht mehr eini gen Verkehrsingenieuren vorbehalten, sondern es wurde zum gesellschaftlich relevanten Politikum und erlangte eine breite offentliche Aufmerksamkeit. Mittlerweile befassen sich mit ihm, auBer renommierten Fachzeitschriften,...
Der Verkehr spielt in unserer industrialisierten Gesellschaft zweifellos eine wichtige Rolle. Wir verdanken ihm nicht nur unsere Bewegungsfreiheit, so...
When I wrote the book Quantitative Sociodynamics, it was an early attempt to make methods from statistical physics and complex systems theory fruitful for the modeling and understanding of social phenomena. Unfortunately, the ?rst edition appeared at a quite prohibitive price. This was one reason to make these chapters available again by a new edition. The other reason is that, in the meantime, many of the methods discussed in this book are more and more used in a variety of different ?elds. Among the ideas worked out in this book are: 1 - a statistical theory of binary social interactions, -...
When I wrote the book Quantitative Sociodynamics, it was an early attempt to make methods from statistical physics and complex systems theory fruitful...
The rapidly progressing digital revolution is now touching the foundations of the governance of societal structures. Humans are on the verge of evolving from consumers to prosumers, and old, entrenched theories in particular sociological and economic ones are falling prey to these rapid developments. The original assumptions on which they are based are being questioned. Each year we produce as much data as in the entire human history - can we possibly create a global crystal ball to predict our future and to optimally govern our world? Do we need wide-scale surveillance to understand and...
The rapidly progressing digital revolution is now touching the foundations of the governance of societal structures. Humans are on the verge of evo...
Meanwhile the threats have diversified and tech companies have gathered enough data to create detailed profiles about almost everyone living in the modern world - profiles that can predict our behavior better than our friends, families, or even partners.
Meanwhile the threats have diversified and tech companies have gathered enough data to create detailed profiles about almost everyone living in the mo...
