Quantum social science
By: Emmanuel Haven and Andrei Yu. Khrennikov
Contributors: Khrennikov, A. I︠U︡. (Andreĭ I︠U︡rʹevich), 1958-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9781107012820
Subjects: Quantum theory; Mathematical models; Social sciences
Description: "Written by world experts in the foundations of quantum mechanics and its applications to social science, this book shows how elementary quantum mechanical principles can be applied to decision-making paradoxes in psychology and used in modelling information in finance and economics. The book starts with a thorough overview of some of the salient differences between classical, statistical and quantum mechanics. It presents arguments on why quantum mechanics can be applied outside of physics and defines quantum social science. The issue of the existence of quantum probabilistic effects in psychology, economics and finance is addressed and basic questions and answers are provided. Aimed at researchers in economics and psychology, as well as physics, basic mathematical preliminaries and elementary concepts from quantum mechanics are defined in a self-contained way."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.