ISBN:
9780367514068
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9780367514075
Language:
English
Pages:
xxii, 337 Seiten
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Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Routledge advances in social economics
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Analysis of socio-economic conditions
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Analysis of socio-economic conditions
DDC:
306.3
Keywords:
Fuzzy-Set-Theorie
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Messung
;
Armut
;
Soziale Lage
;
Lebensqualität
;
Soziale Ausgrenzung
;
Welt
;
Economics Sociological aspects
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Fuzzy sets Data processing
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Poverty Measurement
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Fallstudie
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Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
"Showcasing fuzzy set theory, this book highlights the enormous potential of fuzzy logic in helping to analyse the complexity of a wide range of socio-economic patterns and behaviour. The contributions to this volume explore the most up-to-date fuzzy-set methods for the measurement of socio-economic phenomena in a multidimensional and/or dynamic perspective. Thus far, fuzzy set theory has primarily been utilised in the social sciences in the field of poverty measurement. These essays examine the latest work in this area while also exploring further applications including social exclusion, the labour market, educational mismatch, sustainability, quality of life and violence against women. The authors demonstrate that real world situations are often characterized by imprecision, uncertainty and vagueness which cannot be properly described by the classical set theory which uses a simple true-false binary logic. By contrast, fuzzy set theory has been shown to be a powerful tool for describing the multidimensionality and complexity of social phenomena. This book will be of significant interest to economists, statisticians and sociologists utilising quantitative methods to explore socio-economic phenomena."
Note:
Enthält Literaturangaben und Index
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