Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The numerati The numerati Stephen Baker "The Numerati" shows how a powerful new endeavor--the mathematical modeling of humanity--stands to transform everyone's daily life. OL11938157W
Behavior dynamics in media-sharing social networks Behavior dynamics in media-sharing social networks H. Vicky Zhao "In large-scale media-sharing social networks, where millions of users create, share, link and reuse media content, there are clear challenges in protecting content security and intellectual property… OL15901853W
Weapons of Math Destruction Weapons of Math Destruction Cathy O'Neil <strong>A former Wall Street quant sounds an alarm on the mathematical models that pervade modern life — and threaten to rip apart our social fabric</strong> We live in the age of the algorithm. I… OL17840708W
Human Behaviour and Traffic Networks Human Behaviour and Traffic Networks Michael Schreckenberg How do people behave in different traffic situations? Are there general laws for mathematical modelling of decision dynamics? The answers, given at the first international workshop on "Human Behaviou… OL19856166W