Title:
Fractal analysis
Author:
Brown, Clifford (Clifford T.)
ISBN:
9781412971652
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Los Angeles : Sage, c2010.
Physical Description:
xv, 90 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Series:
Quantitative applications in the social sciences ; 165.
Quantitative applications in the social sciences ; 165
Quantitative applications in the social sciences ; 07-165.
Series Title:
Quantitative applications in the social sciences ; 165.
Contents:
Ch. 1. Introduction to Fractals -- Mandelbrot -- What Are Fractals? -- Fractal Dimension: Quantifying Fractal Properties -- The Formal Definition of Fractals -- Ch. 2. Fractal Analysis of Frequency Distributions -- Power Laws -- Ch. 3. Fractal Patterns Embedded in Two Dimensions -- Estimating the Fractal Dimension of Empirical Data -- Ch. 4. Social Processes That Generate Fractals -- How We Do Our "To Do" Lists: Preferential Priorities -- How We Kill: Attendant Causes, Self-Organized Criticality, and Agent-Based Models -- How We Network: Preferential Attachment -- How We Decide Where to Live: Diffusion Limited Aggregation -- How We Look for Food: Levy Flights -- How We Live Together: Balancing Cohesive and Disruptive Forces -- Ch. 5. Advanced Topics in Fractal Analysis -- Multiscaling Fractal Patterns -- Patterns Embedded in Three Dimensions -- Self-Affine Fractals -- Fractal Time Series -- Multifractals -- Lacunarity -- Ch. 6. Final Considerations -- Should I Try Fractal Analysis?
Abstract:
"This primer uses straightforward language to give the reader step-by-step instructions for identifying and analyzing fractal patterns and the social process that creates them. By making fractals accessible to social science students, this book has a significant impact on the understanding of human behavior."--BOOK JACKET.