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Inspired by the writings of J.L. Moreno, the contributors to this volume present a wide range of clinical and educational applications of psychodrama with various client groups, problems and settings. Part One explores the integration of psychodrama and sociometry with other therapy methods including structural family therapy, art therapy, and group therapy. Part Two describes innovative applications of action methods to different groups, such as trauma survivors, and the lesbian, gay, Bi-sexual and Transgender (LGBT) community. Applications of psychodrama in education, training and consultati

Drama --- Sociometry. --- Acting --- Drama therapy --- Dramatherapy --- Psychodrama --- Psychotherapy --- Educational tests and measurements --- Mathematical sociology --- Social interaction --- Social psychology --- Therapeutic use. --- Therapeutic use

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Modern computer power and high-precision observational data have greatly improved the reliability of meteoroid stream models. At present, scientific research calls for two kinds of models: precise ones for individual streams, and statistically averaged ones for Solar System dust distribution models. Thus, there is a wide field of study open to stream modellers. This brief describes step-by-step computer simulations of meteoroid stream formation and evolution. Detailed derivations of relevant formulae are given, along with plenty of helpful, digestible figures explaining the subtleties of the method. Each theoretical section ends with examples aimed to help readers practice and master the material. Most of the examples are based on the Geminid meteoroid stream model, which has been developed by the author in the last 30 years. The book is intended for researchers interested in meteor astronomy and mathematical modelling, and it is also accessible to physics and astrophysics students.

Astrophysics. --- Mathematical physics. --- Sociophysics. --- Econophysics. --- Theoretical Astrophysics. --- Astrophysics and Astroparticles. --- Data-driven Science, Modeling and Theory Building. --- Physical mathematics --- Physics --- Mathematical sociology --- Statistical physics --- Astronomical physics --- Astronomy --- Cosmic physics --- Economics --- Mathematics --- Statistical methods

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Socioinformatics is a new scientific approach to study the interactions between humans and IT. These proceedings are a collection of the contributions during a workshop of the Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI). Researchers in this emerging field discuss the main aspects of interactions between IT and humans with respect to; social connections, social changes, acceptance of IT and the social conditions affecting this acceptance, effects of IT on humans and in response changes of IT, structures of the society and the influence of IT on these structures, changes of metaphysics  influenced by IT and the social context of a knowledge society.

Information technology --- Information science --- Social aspects. --- Sociological aspects. --- Sociology of information science --- Sociology --- Computer science. --- Social sciences --- Computers and Society. --- Data-driven Science, Modeling and Theory Building. --- Methodology of the Social Sciences. --- Methodology. --- Informatics --- Science --- Computers and civilization. --- Sociophysics. --- Econophysics. --- Social sciences. --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Economics --- Statistical physics --- Mathematical sociology --- Civilization and computers --- Statistical methods

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This work proposes that Carl Menger’s Subjective Theory of Value (STV), and its subsequent elaboration by Ludwig von Mises as Praxeology, provides a useful alternative to more common methods in the study of action and social phenomena, and more specifically, to leadership in complex social systems. Rather than being based on rationality assumptions and algorithmic predictability, the STV emphasizes transient subjectivity shaped by a complex world of lacking information, mistakes, disequilibrium, uncertainty and attempted error correction that defy mathematization and exact prediction. As such, it is a framework to make sense of human action systems in terms of subjective understanding, learning, and uncertainty, rather than quantitative predictability. Accordingly, the aim of this work is to explain the STV as a general theory of action and to demonstrate its capability in developing adequate qualitative theory and to elaborate on some of the major topics that its implications raise with regard to leadership. The power of the method can be seen in that its procedure naturally branches out to facilitate an understanding of a broad selection of processes and may provide the basis for a universal theory of leadership.

Business. --- Leadership. --- Sociophysics. --- Econophysics. --- Behavioral economics. --- Economic sociology. --- Business and Management. --- Business Strategy/Leadership. --- Behavioral/Experimental Economics. --- Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology. --- Socio- and Econophysics, Population and Evolutionary Models. --- Economic sociology --- Economics --- Socio-economics --- Socioeconomics --- Sociology of economics --- Behavioral economics --- Behavioural economics --- Trade --- Social aspects --- Data-driven Science, Modeling and Theory Building. --- Ability --- Command of troops --- Followership --- Statistical physics --- Mathematical sociology --- Sociology --- Statistical methods

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This book presents the proceedings from ECONOPHYS-2015, an international workshop held in New Delhi, India, on the interrelated fields of “econophysics” and “sociophysics”, which have emerged from the application of statistical physics to economics and sociology. Leading researchers from varied communities, including economists, sociologists, financial analysts, mathematicians, physicists, statisticians, and others, report on their recent work, discuss topical issues, and review the relevant contemporary literature. A society can be described as a group of people who inhabit the same geographical or social territory and are mutually involved through their shared participation in different aspects of life. It is possible to observe and characterize average behaviors of members of a society, an example being voting behavior. Moreover, the dynamic nature of interaction within any economic sector comprising numerous cooperatively interacting agents has many features in common with the interacting systems of statistical physics. It is on these bases that interest has grown in the application within sociology and economics of the tools of statistical mechanics. This book will be of value for all with an interest in this flourishing field.

Physics. --- Statistics. --- Data-driven Science, Modeling and Theory Building. --- Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences. --- Applications of Graph Theory and Complex Networks. --- Statistical analysis --- Statistical data --- Statistical methods --- Statistical science --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Econophysics. --- Sociophysics. --- Mathematics --- Econometrics --- Mathematical sociology --- Statistical physics --- Economics --- Statistics . --- Physical sciences --- Dynamics