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| Mathematical sociologists use the language of mathematics to describe the structure, explain the events, and predict the dynamics of the social world. The effort is a inter-disciplinary, with contributions from physicists, mathematicians, computer scientists, psychologists, economists, etc. |
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2007-2008 Fall/Winter Mathematical Sociology Newsletter is now available. |
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Fourth Joint Japan-North America Mathematical Sociology Conference - May 29 - June 1, 2008 - Crowne Plaza Hotel, Redondo Beach, CA. The Joint Japan-North America Mathematical Sociology Conference is an international gathering of scientists working at the forefront of mathematical, computational, and quantitative modeling of social systems. Research from all areas of mathematical sociology is welcome; topics represented in past conferences include: Agent-based models, Cellular automata, Demographic models, Evolutionary dynamics, Formal models of culture and the emergence of norms, Game theory, behavioral game theory, and models of decision making, Group processes, Inferential models for systems with complex dependence structure, Learning and optimization models, Models of epidemiology, diffusion, and influence, Organizational processes and behavior, Residential settlement, migration, and segregation, Responses to and/or impacts of disasters or global climate change, Social network analysis, Stochastic process models, Stratification and inequality. As in past years, selected papers will be invited for publication in a special issue of the Journal of Mathematical Sociology. For More Information:
Web site: http://usjapan2008.mathematicalsociology.org/
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