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Matrices and Society : Matrix Algebra and Its Applications in the Social Sciences / Ronald L. Meek, Ian Bradley.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Legacy Library ; 501Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©1986Edition: Course BookDescription: 1 online resource (240 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691610207
  • 9781400858538
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 512.9434 19
LOC classification:
  • H61
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Matrices and How to Manipulate Them -- 2. Matrix Inversion -- 3. The Ins and Outs of Economic Planning -- 4. Matrices and Matrimony in Tribal Societies -- 5. Dominance in Coops and Courts -- 6. The Simple Mathematics of Markov Chains -- 7. Models of Mobility -- 8. The Mathematics of Absorbing Markov Chains -- 9 'Everywhere Man Is in Chains' -- 10. The Seven Ages of Man and Population Problems -- 11. Playing Games in Theory -- 12. Magic, Fishing and Farming - Some Applications of Constant-sum Games Theory -- 13. Conflict or Co-operation -- Epilogue and Further Reading
Summary: Matrices offer some of the most powerful techniques in modem mathematics. In the social sciences they provide fresh insights into an astonishing variety of topics. Dominance matrices can show how power struggles in offices or committees develop; Markov chains predict how fast news or gossip will spread in a village; permutation matrices illuminate kinship structures in tribal societies. All these invaluable techniques and many more are explained clearly and simply in this wide-ranging book.Originally published in 1986.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Matrices and How to Manipulate Them -- 2. Matrix Inversion -- 3. The Ins and Outs of Economic Planning -- 4. Matrices and Matrimony in Tribal Societies -- 5. Dominance in Coops and Courts -- 6. The Simple Mathematics of Markov Chains -- 7. Models of Mobility -- 8. The Mathematics of Absorbing Markov Chains -- 9 'Everywhere Man Is in Chains' -- 10. The Seven Ages of Man and Population Problems -- 11. Playing Games in Theory -- 12. Magic, Fishing and Farming - Some Applications of Constant-sum Games Theory -- 13. Conflict or Co-operation -- Epilogue and Further Reading

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Matrices offer some of the most powerful techniques in modem mathematics. In the social sciences they provide fresh insights into an astonishing variety of topics. Dominance matrices can show how power struggles in offices or committees develop; Markov chains predict how fast news or gossip will spread in a village; permutation matrices illuminate kinship structures in tribal societies. All these invaluable techniques and many more are explained clearly and simply in this wide-ranging book.Originally published in 1986.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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