Applications of Physics and Mathematics to Social Science Export

@article{citeulike:3269824, abstract = {This article introduces into the whole section on Social Sciences, edited by A. Nowak for this Encyclopedia, concentrating on the applications of mathematics and physics. Here under "mathematics" we include also all computer simulations if they are not taken from physics, while physics applications include simulations of models which basically existed already in physics before they were applied to social simulations. Thus obviously there is no sharp border between applications from physics and from mathematics in the sense of our definition. Also social science is not defined precisely. We will include some economics as well as some linguistics, but not social insects or fish swarms, nor human epidemics or demography. Also, we mention not only this section by also the section on agent-based modelling edited by F. Castiglione as containing articles of social interest.}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, author = {Stauffer, D. and Solomon, S.}, citeulike-article-id = {3269824}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0801.0121}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/0801.0121}, eprint = {0801.0121}, keywords = {all-possible-behaviors, all-possible-environments, all-possible-societies, all-possible-worlds, behaviors, biophysics, communities, computational-social-science, formal-justice-sciences, formal-social-science, formal-sociology, lattice-of-situations, mathematical-biology, mathematical-economics, mathematical-justice-sciences, mathematical-political-science, mathematical-social-science, mathematical-social-sciences, mathematization, metalogics, metamathematics, metasociology, neurophilosophy, philosophy-of-social-science, research-frameworks, social-dynamics, social-fields, social-interactions, social-models, social-networks, social-science, social-structures, social-systems, social-technologies, social-theories, societies, socio-economic-systems, sociobiology, socioeconophysics, sociophysics, theoretical-social-science}, month = {Dec}, posted-at = {2009-06-29 11:38:40}, priority = {2}, title = {Applications of Physics and Mathematics to Social Science}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0801.0121}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3269824 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3269824 N2 - This article introduces into the whole section on Social Sciences, edited by A. Nowak for this Encyclopedia, concentrating on the applications of mathematics and physics. Here under "mathematics" we include also all computer simulations if they are not taken from physics, while physics applications include simulations of models which basically existed already in physics before they were applied to social simulations. Thus obviously there is no sharp border between applications from physics and from mathematics in the sense of our definition. Also social science is not defined precisely. We will include some economics as well as some linguistics, but not social insects or fish swarms, nor human epidemics or demography. Also, we mention not only this section by also the section on agent-based modelling edited by F. Castiglione as containing articles of social interest. TI - Applications of Physics and Mathematics to Social Science KW - all-possible-behaviors KW - all-possible-environments KW - all-possible-societies KW - all-possible-worlds KW - behaviors KW - biophysics KW - communities KW - computational-social-science KW - formal-justice-sciences KW - formal-social-science KW - formal-sociology KW - lattice-of-situations KW - mathematical-biology KW - mathematical-economics KW - mathematical-justice-sciences KW - mathematical-political-science KW - mathematical-social-science KW - mathematical-social-sciences KW - mathematization KW - metalogics KW - metamathematics KW - metasociology KW - neurophilosophy KW - philosophy-of-social-science KW - research-frameworks KW - social-dynamics KW - social-fields KW - social-interactions KW - social-models KW - social-networks KW - social-science KW - social-structures KW - social-systems KW - social-technologies KW - social-theories KW - societies KW - socio-economic-systems KW - sociobiology KW - socioeconophysics KW - sociophysics KW - theoretical-social-science AU - Stauffer, D AU - Solomon, S PY - 2007/Dec/30/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/0801.0121 ER -