Survival under Uncertainty

An Introduction to Probability Models of Social Structure and Evolution
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-319-81883-2
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 238 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 3869 g

Reihe: Understanding Complex Systems

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”.

Zielgruppe

Graduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Volchenkov, Dimitri

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Berechenbarkeitstheorie, Komplexitätstheorie
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Interdisziplinär Systemtheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Fragen & Probleme
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Naturphilosophie, Philosophie und Evolution
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Kybernetik, Systemtheorie, Komplexe Systeme
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Soziophysik, Wirtschaftsphysik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.