A study of social and economic evolution of human societies using methods of Statistical Mechanics and Information Theory

This dissertation explores some applications of statistical mechanics and information theory tools to topics of interest in anthropology, social sciences, and economics. We intended to develop mathematical and computational models with empirical and theoretical bases aiming to identify important f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Papa, Bruno Del
Other Authors: Alfonso, Nestor Felipe Caticha
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Biblioteca Digitais de Teses e Dissertações da USP 2014
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Online Access:http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/43/43134/tde-26092014-081449/