Applying Fuzzy Mathematics to Formal Models in Comparative Politics

• Main Authors: Clark, Terry D. (Author), Larson, Jennifer M. (Author), Mordeson, John N. (Author), Potter, Joshua D. (Author), Wierman, Mark J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, 225
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Political science.; Artificial intelligence.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Applications of Mathematics.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Political Science.

This book explores the intersection of fuzzy mathematics and the spatial modeling of preferences in political science. Beginning with a critique of conventional modeling approaches predicated on Cantor set theoretical assumptions, the authors outline the potential benefits of a fuzzy approach to the...

Table of Contents:

• Applying Fuzzy Set Theory to Comparative Politics
• Fuzzy Set Theory
• Fuzzy Geometry
• Fuzzy One-Dimensional Models
• Fuzzy Spatial Models
• Estimating Fuzzy Policy Preferences
• Cycling in Fuzzy Spatial Models.