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Econophysics [Book] : an introduction / Sitabhra Sinha ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Physics textbookPublication details: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, c2011.Description: xiii, 355 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 3527408150 (pbk)
  • 9783527408153 (pbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 332.015195 22
Other classification:
  • 332.015195
Contents:
Introduction -- The random walk -- Beyond the simple random walk -- Understanding interactions through cross-correlations -- Why care about a power law? -- The log-normal and extreme-value distributions -- When a single distribution is not enough? -- Explaining complex distributions with simple models -- But individuals are not gas molecules -- And individuals don't interact randomly : complex networks -- Outlook and concluding thoughts -- Appendix A : thermodynamics and free particle statistics -- Appendix B : interacting systems : mean field models, fluctuations and scaling theories -- Appendix C : renormalization group technique -- Appendix D : spin glasses and optimization problems : annealing -- Appendix E: nonequilibrium phenomena.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The random walk -- Beyond the simple random walk -- Understanding interactions through cross-correlations -- Why care about a power law? -- The log-normal and extreme-value distributions -- When a single distribution is not enough? -- Explaining complex distributions with simple models -- But individuals are not gas molecules -- And individuals don't interact randomly : complex networks -- Outlook and concluding thoughts -- Appendix A : thermodynamics and free particle statistics -- Appendix B : interacting systems : mean field models, fluctuations and scaling theories -- Appendix C : renormalization group technique -- Appendix D : spin glasses and optimization problems : annealing -- Appendix E: nonequilibrium phenomena.

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