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The Dynamics and Evolution of Social Systems

New Foundations of a Mathematical Sociology

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  1. Jürgen Klüver

    1. University of Essen, Germany

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Part of the book series: Theory and Decision Library A: (TDLA, volume 29)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction: Systems, Theory, Computer, and Sociology

    • Jürgen Klüver
    Pages 1-24

  3. State, Evolution, and Complexity: Building Blocks of the Theories of Complex Systems

    • Jürgen Klüver
    Pages 25-77

  4. The Dynamics and Evolution of Formal Systems

    • Jürgen Klüver
    Pages 79-160

  5. Building Blocks of a Mathematical Sociology

    • Jürgen Klüver
    Pages 161-239

  6. Rules, Universals, and Questions of Research — A Conclusion that is Not an Ending

    • Jürgen Klüver
    Pages 241-271

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 273-292
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About this book

When I started with this book several years ago I originally intended to write an introduction to mathematical systems theory for social scientists. Yet the more I thought about systems theory on the one side and theoretical sociology on the other the more I became convinced that the classical mathematical tools are not very well suited for the problems of sociology. Then I became acquainted with the researches on complex systems by the Santa Fe Institute and in particular with cellular automata, Boolean networks and genetic algorithms. These mathematically very simple but extremely efficient tools are, in my opinion, very well appropriate for modeling social dynamics. Therefore I tried to reformulate several classical problems of theoretical sociology in terms of these formal systems and outline new possibilities for a mathematical sociology which is able to join immediately on the great traditions of theoretical sociology. The result is this book; whether I succeeded with it is of course up to the readers. As the readers will perceive, the book could not have been written by me alone but only by the joint labors of the computer group at the Interdisciplinary Center of Research in Higher Education at the University of Essen. The members of the group, Christina Stoica, Jom Schmidt and Ralph Kier, are named in several subchapters as co-authors. Yet even more important than their contributions to this book were the permanent discussions with them and their patience with my new and very speculative ideas. Many thanks.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Essen, Germany

    Jürgen Klüver

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Dynamics and Evolution of Social Systems

  • Book Subtitle: New Foundations of a Mathematical Sociology

  • Authors: Jürgen Klüver

  • Series Title: Theory and Decision Library A:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9570-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-6443-6Published: 31 July 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5514-9Published: 15 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-9570-4Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0921-3384

  • Series E-ISSN: 2352-2119

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 292

  • Topics: Philosophy, general, Sociology, general, Operations Research/Decision Theory, Systems Theory, Control

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