Title: Stochastic models for social processes /
Authors: Bartholomew, David J.
Publisher: Wiley,
Year: 1982
Subjects: Social sciences Mathematical models; Stochastic processes.
Contents: Stochastic Modelling -- Social physics -- Models and modelling -- Some basic -- Prerequisites, terminology, and notation -- Models for Mobility in Closed Social Systems -- Introduction -- The Markov model for social mobility -- The measurement of mobility -- Some generalizations of the Markov model -- Interactive Markov chain models -- Markov Models for Open Systems -- Introduction -- A model for a system with given input -- A model for an expanding system with given size -- Complements to Chapters 2 and 3 -- Continuous Time Models for Closed Social Systems -- Theoretical background -- Examples -- Discrete observation of a continuous process -- Semi-Markov models -- Continuous Time Models for Open Social Systems -- Theory of the fixed input Markov model -- Applications of the fixed input model -- Theory of the fixed size model -- Systems with fixed input and loss rate depending on length of stay -- Semi-Markov open models -- Complements to Chapters 4 and 5 --^