Recent Trends in Social Systems: Quantitative Theories and Quantitative Models

✍ Scribed by Hošková-Mayerová, Šárka; Kacprzyk, Janusz; Maturo, Antonio; Soitu, Daniela-Tatiana

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing : Imprint : Springer
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 417
• Series: Studies in systems decision and control 66
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The papers collected in this volume focus on new perspectives on individuals, society, and science, specifically in the field of socio-economic systems. The book is the result of a scientific collaboration among experts from "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iaşi (Romania), "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara (Italy), "University of Defence" of Brno (Czech Republic), and "Pablo de Olavide" University of Sevilla (Spain). The heterogeneity of the contributions presented in this volume reflects the variety and complexity of social phenomena. The book is divided in four Sections as follows. The first Section deals with recent trends in social decisions. Specifically, it aims to understand which are the driving forces of social decisions. The second Section focuses on the social and public sphere. Indeed, it is oriented on recent developments in social systems and control. Trends in quantitative theories and models are described in Section 3, where many new formal, mathematical-statistical tools for modelling complex social phenomena are presented. Finally, Section 4 shows integrative theories and models; particularly, it deals with the ethical, cultural and political approaches to social science, the pedagogical methods, and the relationship between literature, politics, religion and society. The book is addressed to sociologists, philosophers, mathematicians, statisticians, people interested in ethics, and specialists in the fields of communication, social, and political sciences. Read more...

Abstract: The papers collected in this volume focus on new perspectives on individuals, society, and science, specifically in the field of socio-economic systems. The book is the result of a scientific collaboration among experts from "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iaşi (Romania), "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara (Italy), "University of Defence" of Brno (Czech Republic), and "Pablo de Olavide" University of Sevilla (Spain). The heterogeneity of the contributions presented in this volume reflects the variety and complexity of social phenomena. The book is divided in four Sections as follows. The first Section deals with recent trends in social decisions. Specifically, it aims to understand which are the driving forces of social decisions. The second Section focuses on the social and public sphere. Indeed, it is oriented on recent developments in social systems and control. Trends in quantitative theories and models are described in Section 3, where many new formal, mathematical-statistical tools for modelling complex social phenomena are presented. Finally, Section 4 shows integrative theories and models; particularly, it deals with the ethical, cultural and political approaches to social science, the pedagogical methods, and the relationship between literature, politics, religion and society. The book is addressed to sociologists, philosophers, mathematicians, statisticians, people interested in ethics, and specialists in the fields of communication, social, and political sciences

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Religious Beliefs and Superstitions in Contemporary Romania. A Socio-Anthropological Perspective (Nicu Gavriluţă)....Pages 3-9
Understanding Institutional Trust. What Does It Mean to Trust the Health System? (Mihaela Rădoi, Adrian Lupu)....Pages 11-22
When Statistics Are Moved by Words. Biopolitic of International Migration Flows in Contemporary Italy (Gabriele Tomei)....Pages 23-30
Romanian Diaspora and Its Presidents (Romeo Asiminei)....Pages 31-41
Microcredit and Quality of Life: An Analysis Model (Valentina Savini)....Pages 43-51
Qualitative and Quantitative Evaluation of the Entrance Draft Tests from Mathematics (Šárka Hošková-Mayerová, Radovan Potůček)....Pages 53-63
Methods and Models of Social Planning in Italy (Vincenzo Corsi)....Pages 65-73
Social Sustainability in Urban Regeneration: Indicators and Evaluation Methods in the EU 2020 Programming (Barbara Ferri)....Pages 75-88
Stopping the Evil or Settling for the Lesser Evil: An Experimental Study of Costly Voting with Negative Payoffs in a TRS Electoral System (Roman Chytilek, Michal Tóth)....Pages 89-103
Front Matter ....Pages 105-105
Public Values and Social Communication (Sabrina Speranza)....Pages 107-126
About “The Using Value” of Religion in the Academic Studies (Cristina Gavriluţă)....Pages 127-137
Religious Traditions in the Modern Public Sphere. The Case of Romanian Church (Marius Liviu)....Pages 139-148
Methodological Issues for the Analysis of Bullying in Educational Environments (Gabriele Di Francesco)....Pages 149-155
Perceptions of the Family Receiving Social Benefits Regarding Access to Healthcare (Adina Rebeleanu, Daniela-Tatiana Soitu)....Pages 157-171
New Trends in Obtaining Geographical Information: Interpretation of Satellite Data (Hana Svatoňová)....Pages 173-182
Misconceptions of Czech and Turkish University Students in Providing Citations (Engin Baysen, Šárka Hošková-Mayerová, Nermin Çakmak, Fatma Baysen)....Pages 183-190
Identity and “New Social Tourism” (Consuela Torelli)....Pages 191-197
Weak Emergentism and Social Systems (Raffaele Mascella)....Pages 199-208
Front Matter ....Pages 209-209
Fuzzy Sets and Algebraic Hyperoperations to Model Interpersonal Relations (Šárka Hošková-Mayerová, Antonio Maturo)....Pages 211-221
Fuzzy Events, Fuzzy Probability and Applications in Economic and Social Sciences (Antonio Maturo, Fabrizio Maturo)....Pages 223-233
Fuzzy Regression Models and Alternative Operations for Economic and Social Sciences (Fabrizio Maturo, Šárka Hošková-Mayerová)....Pages 235-247
Some Connections Between Binary Block Codes and Hilbert Algebras (Cristina Flaut)....Pages 249-256
Questionnaires in Linguistics Using the Bar and the ( \boldsymbol{H_{v}} )-Structures (Penelope Kambakis-Vougiouklis, Pipina Nikolaidou, Thomas Vougiouklis)....Pages 257-266
Strategies for a Sociological Diagnosis of Communicational Environment of Students (Fiorella Paone)....Pages 267-280
Press Portrayals of the Psychological Experiences of People Involved in Organ Transplantation (Andrei Holman, Adina Karner-Huțuleac)....Pages 281-293
Trends in Demographic Evolution of Romania in the Beginning 21st Century (Adrian Netedu)....Pages 295-302
Urban Mediactivism in Web 3.0. Case Analysis: The City of Chieti (Vanessa Russo)....Pages 303-313
Front Matter ....Pages 315-315
Notes on Some Diplomatic Cryptosystems Used in the 17th and 18th Centuries (Cristina Flaut, Daniel Flaut)....Pages 317-327
The Logos from Reason to the Wonder of Mind (Rodica Pop)....Pages 329-339
Morals as Social Therapy in Ștefan Odobleja’s Vision (Eronim-Celestin Blaj)....Pages 341-347
Gnostic Libertinism? Gnostic Views on Ethics (Victor Alexandru Pricopi)....Pages 349-359
Evaluation Research and Evaluativity in Social Planning: Towards a Fluent Evaluation Model (Camillo Stefano Pasotti, Francesca Pia Scardigno)....Pages 361-370
From Trajectory Modeling to Social Habits and Behaviors Analysis (Donatella Gubiani, Marco Pavan)....Pages 371-385
Clinical Method in Professional Pedagogy and in Social Sciences (Franco Blezza)....Pages 387-397
Expectations Towards Animal-Assisted Interventions and Improvement on Quality of Life: Triangulating Information from Different Actors and Levels of Analysis (María A. Perea-Mediavilla, Javier López-Cepero)....Pages 399-406
Literature as an Interpretative Method for Socio-Political Scenarios (Luigi Mastrangelo)....Pages 407-415
New Media Education: The Contribution of Social Sciences to Training Teachers (Giselda Antonelli, Roberta Di Risio, Giovanna Di Felice)....Pages 417-426

✦ Subjects

Engineering;Sociophysics;Econophysics;Computational intelligence;Computational complexity;Social sciences