Approach to a Quantitative Description of Social Systems Based on Thermodynamic Formalism

Abstract: Certain statistical aspects of social systems are described by appropriately defined quantities named social potentials. Relations between social potentials are postulated by drawing an analogy with thermodynamics relations between thermodynamic potentials, thus obtaining a toy model of so...

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Main Authors:	Kresimir Perackovic, Mislav Stjepan Zebec, Hrvoje Stefancic, Josip Stepanic
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2000-07-01
Series:	Entropy
Subjects:	social systems theory thermodynamics social potentials entropy and temperature of social systems
Online Access:	http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/2/3/98/

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spelling	doaj-71be6cf8669d4be0a6b42fdfd18790ad2020-11-25T00:13:06ZengMDPI AGEntropy1099-43002000-07-01239810510.3390/e2030098Approach to a Quantitative Description of Social Systems Based on Thermodynamic FormalismKresimir PerackovicMislav Stjepan ZebecHrvoje StefancicJosip StepanicAbstract: Certain statistical aspects of social systems are described by appropriately defined quantities named social potentials. Relations between social potentials are postulated by drawing an analogy with thermodynamics relations between thermodynamic potentials, thus obtaining a toy model of some of the statistical properties of social systems. Within this model, an interpretation of a socially relevant acting (acting as opposed to action, see ref. [1]) that does not invoke structural changes in social systems, is given in terms of social po-tentials.http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/2/3/98/social systems theorythermodynamicssocial potentialsentropy and temperature of social systems
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author	Kresimir Perackovic Mislav Stjepan Zebec Hrvoje Stefancic Josip Stepanic
spellingShingle	Kresimir Perackovic Mislav Stjepan Zebec Hrvoje Stefancic Josip Stepanic Approach to a Quantitative Description of Social Systems Based on Thermodynamic Formalism Entropy social systems theory thermodynamics social potentials entropy and temperature of social systems
author_facet	Kresimir Perackovic Mislav Stjepan Zebec Hrvoje Stefancic Josip Stepanic
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title	Approach to a Quantitative Description of Social Systems Based on Thermodynamic Formalism
title_short	Approach to a Quantitative Description of Social Systems Based on Thermodynamic Formalism
title_full	Approach to a Quantitative Description of Social Systems Based on Thermodynamic Formalism
title_fullStr	Approach to a Quantitative Description of Social Systems Based on Thermodynamic Formalism
title_full_unstemmed	Approach to a Quantitative Description of Social Systems Based on Thermodynamic Formalism
title_sort	approach to a quantitative description of social systems based on thermodynamic formalism
publisher	MDPI AG
series	Entropy
issn	1099-4300
publishDate	2000-07-01
description	Abstract: Certain statistical aspects of social systems are described by appropriately defined quantities named social potentials. Relations between social potentials are postulated by drawing an analogy with thermodynamics relations between thermodynamic potentials, thus obtaining a toy model of some of the statistical properties of social systems. Within this model, an interpretation of a socially relevant acting (acting as opposed to action, see ref. [1]) that does not invoke structural changes in social systems, is given in terms of social po-tentials.
topic	social systems theory thermodynamics social potentials entropy and temperature of social systems
url	http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/2/3/98/
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Approach to a Quantitative Description of Social Systems Based on Thermodynamic Formalism

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