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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

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This book presents a broad spectrum of problems related to statistics, mathematics, teaching, social science, and economics as well as a range of tools and techniques that can be used to solve these problems. It is the result of a scientific collaboration between experts in the field of economic and social systems from the University of Defence in Brno (Czech Republic), G. d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara (Italy), Pablo de Olavid eUniversity of Sevilla (Spain), and Ovidius University in Constanţa, (Romania). The studies included were selected using a peer-review process and reflect heterogeneity and complexity of economic and social phenomena. They and present interesting empirical research from around the globe and from several research fields, such as statistics, decision making, mathematics, complexity, psychology, sociology and economics. The volume is divided into two parts. The first part, “Recent trends in mathematical and statistical models for economic and social sciences”, collects papers on quantitative matters, which propose mathematical and statistical models for social sciences, economics, finance, and business administration. The second part, “Recent trends in qualitative theories for economic and social sciences”, includes papers on qualitative matters, which discuss social, economic, and teaching issues. It is an ideal reference work for all those researchers interested in recent quantitative and qualitative tools. Covering a wide range of topics, it appeals in equal measure to mathematicians, statisticians, sociologists, philosophers, and specialists in the fields of communication, social and political sciences.

Engineering. --- Computational intelligence. --- Social sciences. --- Computational Intelligence. --- Data-driven Science, Modeling and Theory Building. --- Methodology of the Social Sciences. --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Intelligence, Computational --- Construction --- Civilization --- Artificial intelligence --- Soft computing --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Social sciences --- Methodology. --- Sociophysics. --- Econophysics. --- Economics --- Statistical physics --- Mathematical sociology --- Statistical methods

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This first monograph of its kind introduces the reader to fundamental definitions, key concepts and case studies addressing the following issues of rapidly growing relevance for online communities: What are emotions? How do they emerge, how are they transmitted? How can one measure emotional states? What are cyberemotions? When do emotions and cyberemotions become collective phenomena? How can one model emotions and their changes? What role do emotions play for on-line communities? Edited and authored by leading scientists in this field, this book is a comprehensive reference for anyone working on applications of complex systems methods in the social sciences, as well as for social scientists, psychologists, experts in on-line communities and computer scientists. This book provides an excellent overview of the current state-of-art in research on collective emotional interactions mediated by the Internet. It introduces a reader in social phenomena occurring in cyberspace, algorithms needed for automatic sentiment detection and data driven modeling of emotional patterns observed in on-line groups. Eugene Stanley, Professor, Boston UniversityWith the explosive hyper-exponential growth of the internet suddenly new ways of communication are emerging that give rise to a digital 'Homo empathicus', each of us suddenly being able to share thoughts and feelings with millions if not billions of others. This book is a true treat, a timely milestone that gives us insight in the co-evolution of the way we interact with each other and the communication technology provided through this new seemingly endless flexible digital world. Prof. Holyst did a great job bringing together real experts in the field of cyber emotions. Peter M.A. Sloot, Professor, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Nanyang University, Singapore The book Cyberemotions embraces the topic of emotion studies in cyberspace from a very rich spectrum of points of view and applications. It is particularly interesting reading the theoretical foundations underlying the concepts of cyberemotions and how these concepts can be captured, modeled and implemented in real-time applications. Catherine Pelachaud, Director of Research CNRS at LTCI, TELECOM ParisTechLogical machines give us a chance to analyze our often illogical behaviors, especially in the vast meadows of the cyberspace. In this important book, authors of different backgrounds present a wide and deep image, not only of methods of analyzing our emotional behavior online but also how the computers can help to break communicational walls the same technology had built. Rafal Rzepka, Professor, Hokkaido University.

Physics. --- Application software. --- Mass media. --- Communication. --- Social sciences in mass media. --- Experiential research. --- Data-driven Science, Modeling and Theory Building. --- Media Sociology. --- Psychology Research. --- Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education. --- Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences. --- Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet). --- Communication, Primitive --- Mass communication --- Media, Mass --- Media, The --- Application computer programs --- Application computer software --- Applications software --- Apps (Computer software) --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Research --- Mass media --- Sociology --- Communication --- Computer software --- Physical sciences --- Dynamics --- Psychic research. --- Social sciences --- Data processing. --- Internet --- Psychological aspects. --- DARPA Internet --- Internet (Computer network) --- Wide area networks (Computer networks) --- World Wide Web --- Sociophysics. --- Econophysics. --- Science—Social aspects. --- Economics --- Statistical physics --- Mathematical sociology --- Statistical methods

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This volume applies the science of complexity to study coupled human-environment systems (CHES) and integrates ideas from the social sciences of climate change into a study of rural development amid flooding and urbanization in the Poyang Lake Region (PLR) of China. Author Qing Tian operationalizes the concept of sustainability and provides useful scientific analyses for sustainable development in less developed rural areas that are vulnerable to climatic hazards. The book uses a new sustainability framework that is centered on the concept of well-being to study rural development in PLR. The PLR study includes three major analyses: (1) a regional assessment of human well-being; (2) an empirical analysis of rural livelihoods; and (3) an agent-based computer model used to explore future rural development. These analyses provide a meaningful view of human development in the Poyang Lake Region and illustrate some of the complex local- and macro-level processes that shape the livelihoods of rural households in the dynamic process of urbanization. They generate useful insights about how government policy might effectively improve the well-being of rural households and promote sustainable development amid social, economic, and environmental changes. This case study has broader implications. Rural populations in the developing world are disproportionally affected by extreme climate events and climate change. Furthermore, the livelihoods of rural households in the developing world are increasingly under the influences of macro-level forces amid urbanization and globalization. This case study demonstrates that rural development policies must consider broader development dynamics at the national (and even global) level, as well as specific local social and environmental contexts. By treating climate as one of many factors that affect development in such places, we can provide policy recommendations that synergistically promote development and reduce climatic impacts and therefore facilitate mainstreaming climate adaptation into development.

Environment. --- Natural disasters. --- Economic geography. --- Sustainable development. --- Economic development. --- Sustainable Development. --- Economic Geography. --- Natural Hazards. --- Regional Development. --- Data-driven Science, Modeling and Theory Building. --- Rural development --- Geography. --- Geology. --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Economic policy --- Economics --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- Geognosy --- Geoscience --- Earth sciences --- Natural history --- Cosmography --- World history --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Environmental aspects --- Sociophysics. --- Econophysics. --- Statistical physics --- Mathematical sociology --- Natural calamities --- Disasters --- Geography, Economic --- World economics --- Geography --- Commercial geography --- Statistical methods

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This book focuses on how important massive information is and how sensitive outcomes are to information. In this century humans now are coming up against the massive utilization of information in various contexts. The advent of super intelligence is drastically accelerating the evolution of the socio-economic system. Our traditional analytic approach must therefore be radically reformed in order to adapt to an information-sensitive framework, which means giving up myopic purification and the elimination of all considerations of massive information. In this book, authors who have shared and exchanged their ideas over the last 20 years, offer thorough examinations of the theoretical–ontological basis of complex economic interaction, econophysics, and agent-based modeling during the last several decades. This book thus provides the indispensable philosophical-scientific foundations for this new approach, and then moves on to empirical–epistemological studies concerning changes in sentiments and other movements in financial markets.

Risk management. --- Financial engineering. --- Application software. --- Evolutionary economics. --- Economics. --- Institutional/Evolutionary Economics. --- Economic Systems. --- Data-driven Science, Modeling and Theory Building. --- Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences. --- Financial Engineering. --- Risk Management. --- Economic theory --- Political economy --- Application computer programs --- Application computer software --- Applications software --- Apps (Computer software) --- Computational finance --- Engineering, Financial --- Social sciences --- Economic man --- Economics --- Computer software --- Finance --- Insurance --- Management --- Culture --- Sociological aspects. --- Economic aspects. --- Economic sociology --- Socio-economics --- Socioeconomics --- Sociology of economics --- Sociology --- Social aspects --- Political Economy/Economic Systems. --- Data processing. --- Economic policy. --- Sociophysics. --- Econophysics. --- Statistical physics --- Mathematical sociology --- Economic nationalism --- Economic planning --- National planning --- State planning --- Planning --- National security --- Social policy --- Statistical methods