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Mathematical thinking in behavioral sciences : readings from Scientific American
- Title
- Mathematical thinking in behavioral sciences : readings from Scientific American / compiled with introductions by David M. Messick.
- Publication
- San Francisco, W.H. Freeman [1968]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | 8106.637 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Messick, David M.
- Description
- 231 pages illustrations (some color); 29 cm
- Series Statement
- Readings from Scientific American
- Uniform Title
- Scientific American.
- Readings from Scientific American.
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Psychology > Methodology
- Sociology > Methodology
- Cybernetics
- Probabilities
- Psychology
- Models, Psychological
- Cybernetics
- Behavioral Sciences
- Probability
- Mathematics
- cybernetics
- behavioral sciences
- probability
- Probabilities
- Psychology > Methodology
- Sociology > Methodology
- Gedragswetenschappen
- Wiskundige methoden
- Social sciences > Mathematics
- Mathématiques
- Sciences du comportement
- Psychologie > Méthodologie
- Sociologie > Méthodologie
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographies.
- Contents
- Part I. The analysis of uncertainty : probability -- Chance / Ayer -- What is probability? / Carnap -- Subjective probability / Cohen -- Probability / Kac -- The Monte Carlo method / McCracken -- Part II. Communication and control -- Cybernetics / Wiener -- The mathematics of communication / Weaver -- Error-correcting codes / Peterson -- Redundancy in computers / Pierce -- Feedback / Tustin -- Control theory / Bellman -- Part III. Games and decisions -- The theory of games / Morgenstern -- Game theory and decisions / Hurwicz -- The use and misuse of game theory / Rapoport -- Linear programming / Cooper and Charnes -- Part IV. Imitations of life -- Man viewed as a machine / Kemeny -- Self-reproducing machines / Penrose -- A machine that learns / Walter -- Computer v. chess-player / Bernstein and De V. Roberts -- Artificial intelligence / Minsky -- Pattern recognition by machine / Selfridge and Neisser -- Part V. Recent computer applications -- Computers / Ulam -- Numerical taxonomy / Sokal -- Texture and visual perception / Julesz -- The analysis of brain waves / Brazier -- Chromosome analysis by computer / Ledley and Ruddle -- The uses of computers in education / Suppes.
- ISBN
- 0716709775
- 9780716709770
- LCCN
- 68025407
- OCLC
- ocm00282986
- 282986
- SCSB-309884
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library