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Social Entropy Theory

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Author : Kenneth D. Bailey
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 1990-01-23

Social Entropy Theory written by Kenneth D. Bailey and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-01-23 with Social Science categories.

Social Entropy Theory illuminates the fundamental problems of societal analysis with a nonequilibrium approach, a new frame of reference built upon contemporary macrological principles, including general systems theory and information theory. Social entropy theory, using Shannon's H and the entropy concept, avoids the common (and often artificial) separation of theory and method in sociology. The hallmark of the volume is integration, as seen in the author's interdisciplinary discussions of equilibrium, entropy, and homeostasis. Unique features of the book are the introduction of the three-level model of social measurement, the theory of allocation, the concepts of global-mutable-immutable, discussion of order and power, and a large set of testable hypotheses.

Social Entropy Theory

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Author : Kenneth D. Bailey
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 1990-01-01

Social Entropy Theory written by Kenneth D. Bailey and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-01-01 with Social Science categories.

Social Entropy Theory illuminates the fundamental problems of societal analysis with a nonequilibrium approach, a new frame of reference built upon contemporary macrological principles, including general systems theory and information theory. Social entropy theory, using Shannon's H and the entropy concept, avoids the common (and often artificial) separation of theory and method in sociology. The hallmark of the volume is integration, as seen in the author's interdisciplinary discussions of equilibrium, entropy, and homeostasis. Unique features of the book are the introduction of the three-level model of social measurement, the theory of allocation, the concepts of global-mutable-immutable, discussion of order and power, and a large set of testable hypotheses.

Entropy Theory Of Aging Systems Humans Corporations And The Universe

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Author : Daniel Hershey
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2009-08-14

Entropy Theory Of Aging Systems Humans Corporations And The Universe written by Daniel Hershey and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-14 with Technology & Engineering categories.

Entropy is a measure of order and disorder. If left alone, aging systems go spontaneously from youthful, low entropy and order to old, high entropy and disorder. This book presents the commonality of entropy principles which govern the birth, maturation, and senescent history of aging humans, corporations, and the universe. Mainly we introduce an entropy theory of aging, based on the non-equilibrium thermodynamic ideas of Ilya Prigogine, leading to the thermodynamic concepts of Excess Entropy (EE) and Excess Entropy Production (EEP). We describe the aging process in humans in terms of the EE and EEP concepts. This book also describes the informational entropy theory and equations of Claude Shannon and the six Hershey parameters which trace and mark the lifecycle of corporations. To conclude, this volume uses classical and informational entropy concepts, equations and calculations to explain the birth, evolution, and death of our aging universe, and all of this in relation to the concept of Infinity./a

Entropy Measures Of Inequality

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Author : Kenneth D. Bailey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981

Entropy Measures Of Inequality written by Kenneth D. Bailey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with categories.

Social Entropy Theory

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Author : Kenneth D. Bailey
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 1990-01-23

Social Entropy Theory written by Kenneth D. Bailey and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-01-23 with Social Science categories.

Social Entropy Theory illuminates the fundamental problems of societal analysis with a nonequilibrium approach, a new frame of reference built upon contemporary macrological principles, including general systems theory and information theory. Social entropy theory, using Shannon’s H and the entropy concept, avoids the common (and often artificial) separation of theory and method in sociology. The hallmark of the volume is integration, as seen in the author’s interdisciplinary discussions of equilibrium, entropy, and homeostasis. Unique features of the book are the introduction of the three-level model of social measurement, the theory of allocation, the concepts of global-mutable-immutable, discussion of order and power, and a large set of testable hypotheses.

The Entropy Of Capitalism

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Author : Robert Biel
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2011-10-14

The Entropy Of Capitalism written by Robert Biel and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-14 with Social Science categories.

Within the context of the ecological crisis of the twenty-first century, the book integrates Marxism and systems theory to reveal finance capital and the ‘war on terror’ as complementary responses of a capitalism reduced to parasitising upon symptoms of chaos.

Sociology And The New Systems Theory

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Author : Kenneth D. Bailey
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 1994-01-11

Sociology And The New Systems Theory written by Kenneth D. Bailey and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-01-11 with Social Science categories.

This book provides current information about the many recent contributions of social systems theory. While some sociologists feel that the systems age ended with functionalism, in reality a number of recent developments have occurred within the field. The author makes these developments accessible to sociologists and other non-systems scholars, and begins a synthesis of the burgeoning systems field and mainstream sociological theory. The analysis shows not only that important points of rapprochement exist between systems theory and sociological theory, but also that systems theory has in some cases anticipated developments needed in mainstream theory.

Entropy And Information Theory

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Author : Robert M. Gray
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-03-14

Entropy And Information Theory written by Robert M. Gray and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-14 with Computers categories.

This book is devoted to the theory of probabilistic information measures and their application to coding theorems for information sources and noisy channels. The eventual goal is a general development of Shannon's mathematical theory of communication, but much of the space is devoted to the tools and methods required to prove the Shannon coding theorems. These tools form an area common to ergodic theory and information theory and comprise several quantitative notions of the information in random variables, random processes, and dynamical systems. Examples are entropy, mutual information, conditional entropy, conditional information, and discrimination or relative entropy, along with the limiting normalized versions of these quantities such as entropy rate and information rate. Much of the book is concerned with their properties, especially the long term asymptotic behavior of sample information and expected information. This is the only up-to-date treatment of traditional information theory emphasizing ergodic theory.

The Entropy Principle

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Author : André Thess
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2011-01-04

The Entropy Principle written by André Thess and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-04 with Science categories.

Entropy – the key concept of thermodynamics, clearly explained and carefully illustrated. This book presents an accurate definition of entropy in classical thermodynamics which does not “put the cart before the horse” and is suitable for basic and advanced university courses in thermodynamics. Entropy is the most important and at the same time the most difficult term of thermodynamics to understand. Many students are discontent with its classical definition since it is either based on “temperature” and “heat” which both cannot be accurately defined without entropy, or since it includes concepts such as “molecular disorder” which does not fit in a macroscopic theory. The physicists Elliott Lieb and Jakob Yngvason have recently developed a new formulation of thermodynamics which is free of these problems. The Lieb-Yngvason formulation of classical thermodynamics is based on the concept of adiabatic accessibility and culminates in the entropy principle. The entropy principle represents the accurate mathematical formulation of the second law of thermodynamics. Temperature becomes a derived quantity whereas ”heat” is no longer needed. This book makes the Lieb-Yngvason theory accessible to students. The presentation is supplemented by seven illustrative examples which explain the application of entropy and the entropy principle in practical problems in science and engineering.

Entropy In Urban And Regional Modelling

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Author : Alan Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2011

Entropy In Urban And Regional Modelling written by Alan Wilson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Mathematics categories.

First published in 1970, this groundbreaking investigation into Entropy in Urban and Regional Modelling provides an extensive and detailed insight into the entropy maximising method in the development of a whole class of urban and regional models. The book has its origins in work being carried out by the author in 1966, when he realised that the well-known gravity model could be derived on the basis of an analogy with statistical, rather than Newtonian, mechanics. Subsequent investigation demonstrated that the entropy maximising method stems from an even higher level of generality, and the beginning of the book is devoted to an account of its importance and use as a general modelling tool. This reissue will be welcomed by a range of students and professionals from fields as diverse as urban and regional studies, economics, geography, planning, civil engineering, mathematics and statistics.