Applied data-centric social sciences : concepts, data, computation, and theory /

Applied data-centric social sciences aim to develop both methodology and practical applications of various fields of social sciences and businesses with rich data. Specifically, in the social sciences, a vast amount of data on human activities may be useful for understanding collective human nature....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sato, Aki-Hiro (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Tokyo : Springer, [2014]
Subjects:	Mathematical statistics. Social sciences > Statistical methods. Social sciences > Data processing. Statistics. Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences. Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law. Statistics for Business/Economics/Mathematical Finance/Insurance. MATHEMATICS / Applied. MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Introduction
Framework
Methodology
Mathematical expressions
Data in computers
Exemplar studies
Risk assessment of extreme events
Segmentation study of foreign exchange market
Hotel booking data
Tendency of international air travels
Energy consumption
Future work
Future research in applied data-centric social sciences.