000089631 001__ 89631 000089631 005__ 20200616093928.0 000089631 020__ $$a978-84-15770-24-4 000089631 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.26754/uz.978-84-15770-24-4 000089631 037__ $$aBOOK-2020-117 000089631 041__ $$aeng 000089631 100__ $$aGracia Lázaro, Carlos$$b 000089631 245__ $$aDynamics and collective phenomena of social systems 000089631 260__ $$aZaragoza$$bPrensas Universitarias de Zaragoza$$c2013 000089631 300__ $$a181 000089631 520__ $$aThis thesis focuses on the study of social systems through methods of theoretical physics, in particular proceedings of statistical physics and complex systems, as well as mathematical tools like game theory and complex networks. There already ex- ists predictive and analysis methods to address these problems in sociology, but the contribution of physics provides new perspectives and complementary and powerful tools. This approach is particularly useful in problems involving stochastic aspects and nonlinear dynamics. The contribution of physics to social systems provides not only prediction procedures, but new insights, especially in the study of emergent properties that arise from holistic approaches. We study social systems by introducing different agent-based models (ABM). When possible, the models are analyzed using mathematical methods of physics, in order to achieve analytical solutions. In addition to a theoretical approach, experi- mental treatment is performed via computer simulations both through Monte Carlo methods and deterministic or mixed procedures. This working method has proved very fruitful for the study of several open problems. The book is structured as follows. This introduction presents the mathematical formalisms used in the investigations, which are structured in two parts: in part I we deal with the emergence of cooperation, while in part II we analyze cultural dynamics under the perspective of tolerance. 000089631 6531_ $$ajuegos, teoría de los–tesis doctorales. 000089631 6531_ $$aelección social–modelos matemáticos– tesis doctorales 000089631 8560_ $$fzaguan@unizar.es 000089631 8564_ $$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/89631/files/BOOK-2020-117.pdf$$zTexto completo 000089631 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:89631$$pbooks 000089631 980__ $$aBOOK$$bPRENSASUZ$$b