Mayerova Š., Maturo F., Kacprzyk J. (Eds.) Mathematical-Statistical Models and Qualitative Theories for Economic and Social Sciences

Springer International Publishing AG, 2017. — 435 p. — (Studies in Systems, Decision and Control 104) — ISBN: 3319548182.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 Constan?a, (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.Recent Trends in Mathematical and Statistical Models for Economic and Social Sciences
Correlational Research of Expenditure Spend on Slovak Armed Forces Participation in Peace Support Operations Led by NATO
Health Risk Assessment of Combustion Products from Simulated Residential Fire
Qualitative and Quantitative Comparison of the Entrance Draft Tests and the Entrance Tests Results in Mathematics
Digital Ethnography Theories, Models and Case Studies
The Demand Side of Negativity and Privatization in News: Experimental Study of News Consumer Habits
Cost Assessment of Training Using Constructive Simulation
Social Problems and Decision Making for Teaching Approaches and Relationship Management in an Elementary School
From the Pictorial Art to the Linear Transformations
Identification of Effective Leadership Indicators in the Lithuania Army Forces
Why We Need Mathematics in Cartography and Geoinformatics?
Cognitive Aspects of Interpretation of Image Data
Misconceptions Regarding Providing Citations: To Neglect Means to Take Risk for Future Scientific Research
Social Aspects of Teaching: Subjective Preconditions and Objective Evaluation of Interpretation of Image Data
Do Institutional or Foreign Shareholders Influence National Board Diversity? Assessing Board Diversity Through Functional Data Analysis
Inequalities in the Provinces of Abruzzo: A Comparative Study Through the Indices of Deprivation and Principal Component Analysis
Expected Present and Final Value of an Annuity when some Non-Central Moments of the Capitalization Factor are Unknown: Theory and an Application using R
Assessing the Effect of Financial Crisis of Earnings Manipulation. Empirical Evidence from the Top 1,000 World Listed Companies
Reasoning and Decision Making in Practicing Counseling
Risks Associated with Reality: How Society Views the Current Wave of Migration; One Common Problem—Two Different Solutions
Recent Trends in Qualitative Theories for Economic and Social Sciences
Sociability and Dependence
School Institutions as Complex Systemic Organizations: A Multidisciplinary Perspective
Advanced Technologies for Social Communication: Methods and Techniques in Online Learning
Social Distance as an Interpretation of a Territory
Socio-Vital Areas Analysis a Qualitative Approach to Sociological Analysis of Urban Spaces and Social Life
Knowledge Creation Processes Between Open Source Intelligence and Knowledge Management
Cultural and Natural Heritage Challenges
Cultivating Storytelling Practice: “Every Uses of Words to Everybody”
Sociological Methods and Construction of Local Welfare in Italy
Some Aspects of Social Life in Romanian Villages in the Interwar Period