Applied Data-Centric Social Sciences Concepts, Data, Computation, and Theory /

• Main Author: Sato, Aki-Hiro (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Statistics.; Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences.; Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law.; Statistics for Business/Economics/Mathematical Finance/Insurance.

Applied data-centric social sciences aim to develop both methodology and practical applications of various fields of social sciences and businesses with rich data. Specifically, in the social sciences, a vast amount of data on human activities may be useful for understanding collective human nature....

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Introduction
• Framework
• Methodology
• Mathematical expressions
• Data in computers
• Exemplar studies
• Risk assessment of extreme events
• Segmentation study of foreign exchange market
• Hotel booking data
• Tendency of international air travels
• Energy consumption
• Future work
• Future research in applied data-centric social sciences.