Social Fuzziology
Subtitle: Study of Fuzziness of Social Complexity
By: by Vladimir Dimitrov, Bob Hodge
Contributors: Hodge, Bob
Series: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing -- 107; Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing -- 107
Publisher: Physica-Verlag HD; Imprint: Physica
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9783662003091; 9783790817782
Subjects: Computer science; Artificial intelligence
Description: The book applies the principles and insights of Fuzzy Logic to the complexity of social life. It draws on the full range of the social sciences, including some of the most up-to-date work on the escalating complexities of post modern life, e.g. new information technologies in a global world, new forms of consciousness and identity, new relationships between humans, machines, nature and environment. The volume is interdisciplinary, combining expertise from Fuzzy Logic and the Postmodern Social Sciences, synthesising and applying concepts and methods of Fuzzy Logic in innovative ways to the world of social life. It gives readers from the social sciences a comprehensive, exciting and practical guide for applying Fuzzy Logic, while bringing a rich body of social problems and concepts on to the agenda for researchers in Fuzzy Logic and related fields.
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Table of contents: title: Introduction to Social Fuzziology; title: Bridging the Study of Complexity with Social Fuzziology; title: Understanding Fuzziness of Ourselves; title: Understanding Fuzziness of Society; title: Case Studies: Understanding Fuzzy Social Categories; title: Fuzziness of the West and the East; title: Key Terms in the Language of Fuzziology; title: References.