Your Life in Numbers: Modeling Society Through Data [E-Book] / by Pablo Jensen.
More than 300 years ago, Isaac Newton created a mathematical model of the solar system that predicted the existence of a yet unknown planet: Neptune. Today, driven by the digital revolution, modern scientists are creating complex models of society itself to shed light on topics as far-ranging as epi...
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Personal Name(s): | Jensen, Pablo, author |
Edition: |
1st edition 2021. |
Imprint: |
Cham :
Copernicus,
2021
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Physical Description: |
VII, 114 pages 16 illustrations, 10 illustrations in color (online resource) |
Note: |
englisch |
ISBN: |
9783030651039 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-030-65103-9 |
Subject (LOC): |
- Introduction
- Three Simple Models
- What can be Learnt from Simple Models?
- Reality Check for Simple Models
- A Physical Simple Model
- What are Simple Models Worth for?
- Complex Models to Understand Complex Social Situations
- Modelling Epidemics
- Why Weather/Climate Forecasts can be Trusted
- We are not Social Atoms
- Social Data are Soaked by Social Complexity
- Machines that Learn How to Model
- Starting from Data to Hunt Causes
- A Moral Thermometer?
- Where do Indicators Lead us?. Which Numbers for the Future?
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Annexes.