Modelling Human Behaviour in Landscapes

2016-04-08 Social Science

Author : Oliver Nakoinz
Release : 2016-04-08
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 381/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Modelling Human Behaviour in Landscapes written by Oliver Nakoinz. This book was released on 2016-04-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is designed as a 12-lecture textbook, which can serve as a course companion, self teaching guide and handbook for basic concepts. Each lecture comprises 20 pages, in which the methods are introduced, examples shown and the code is given. All examples are computed with open source software, mainly R, and with archaeological data available from the book's website. The book does not describe elaborated high-end models but rather very basic modelling concepts that serve as components in more complex models. The book enables the reader to construct such models by themselves and be sensitive for certain problems. In addition it gives hints for the interpretation of the results. Students are usually quick to apply fancy methods yet fail in the proper interpretation due to a lack of understanding of the underlying principles. This problem is addressed by the proposed book through three concepts: 1. Command line software forces the students to first learn some details before they are able to produce results on their own. 2. The book is focused on principles and methods. When the students understand a few basic principles, they have far better access to a wide range of related methods. 3. Examples of poor analysis highlight common pitfalls. The volume attempts to be an applied, minimalistic and efficient textbook and is based upon several successful courses.

The Modelling of Human Behaviour

2000 Computer simulation

Author : Bernd Schmidt
Release : 2000
Genre : Computer simulation
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Modeling the Interplay Between Human Behavior and the Spread of Infectious Diseases

2013-01-04 Mathematics

Author : Piero Manfredi
Release : 2013-01-04
Genre : Mathematics
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Book Synopsis Modeling the Interplay Between Human Behavior and the Spread of Infectious Diseases by : Piero Manfredi

Download or read book Modeling the Interplay Between Human Behavior and the Spread of Infectious Diseases written by Piero Manfredi. This book was released on 2013-01-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume summarizes the state-of-the-art in the fast growing research area of modeling the influence of information-driven human behavior on the spread and control of infectious diseases. In particular, it features the two main and inter-related “core” topics: behavioral changes in response to global threats, for example, pandemic influenza, and the pseudo-rational opposition to vaccines. In order to make realistic predictions, modelers need to go beyond classical mathematical epidemiology to take these dynamic effects into account. With contributions from experts in this field, the book fills a void in the literature. It goes beyond classical texts, yet preserves the rationale of many of them by sticking to the underlying biology without compromising on scientific rigor. Epidemiologists, theoretical biologists, biophysicists, applied mathematicians, and PhD students will benefit from this book. However, it is also written for Public Health professionals interested in understanding models, and to advanced undergraduate students, since it only requires a working knowledge of mathematical epidemiology.

Modeling Human Behaviors in Psychology Using Engineering Methods

2022-09-01 Psychology

Author : Chi-Chun Lee
Release : 2022-09-01
Genre : Psychology
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Download or read book Modeling Human Behaviors in Psychology Using Engineering Methods written by Chi-Chun Lee. This book was released on 2022-09-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main purpose of the work is to showcase the interdisciplinary engineering approaches in modeling and understanding human behaviors during interpersonal interactions those that could be typical, distressed, or atypical. The ability to measure human behaviors quantitatively has been a core component and a major research direction in both fields of engineering and psychology – though often with distinct approaches designed for different targeted applications. Engineering methods often strive to achieve high predictive accuracies using behavioral informatics techniques; these techniques employ a combination of behavior measures derived using automated signal based descriptors, and of statistical frameworks modeled using machine learning techniques. These approaches are often distinct from the observational approaches the gold standard for the past three decades in the study of psychology, even in clinical settings. The observational approaches are largely based on human subjective judgments.

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