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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



Table of Contents
*FrontMatter, pg. 1*Contents, pg. 5*Preface, pg. 7*1. Matrices and How to Manipulate Them, pg. 13*2. Matrix Inversion, pg. 30*3. The Ins and Outs of Economic Planning, pg. 42*4. Matrices and Matrimony in Tribal Societies, pg. 61*5. Dominance in Coops and Courts, pg. 79*6. The Simple Mathematics of Markov Chains, pg. 92*7. Models of Mobility, pg. 106*8. The Mathematics of Absorbing Markov Chains, pg. 122*9 'Everywhere Man Is in Chains', pg. 130*10. The Seven Ages of Man and Population Problems, pg. 149*11. Playing Games in Theory, pg. 173*12. Magic, Fishing and Farming - Some Applications of Constant-sum Games Theory, pg. 194*13. Conflict or Co-operation, pg. 207*Epilogue and Further Reading, pg. 231

Matrices and Society Matrix Algebra and Its

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: 14/07/2014
      ISBN13: 9780691610207, 978-0691610207
      ISBN10: 0691610207
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. 1*Contents, pg. 5*Preface, pg. 7*1. Matrices and How to Manipulate Them, pg. 13*2. Matrix Inversion, pg. 30*3. The Ins and Outs of Economic Planning, pg. 42*4. Matrices and Matrimony in Tribal Societies, pg. 61*5. Dominance in Coops and Courts, pg. 79*6. The Simple Mathematics of Markov Chains, pg. 92*7. Models of Mobility, pg. 106*8. The Mathematics of Absorbing Markov Chains, pg. 122*9 'Everywhere Man Is in Chains', pg. 130*10. The Seven Ages of Man and Population Problems, pg. 149*11. Playing Games in Theory, pg. 173*12. Magic, Fishing and Farming - Some Applications of Constant-sum Games Theory, pg. 194*13. Conflict or Co-operation, pg. 207*Epilogue and Further Reading, pg. 231

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