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Measuring emergent social phenomena: Dynamism, polarization, and clustering as order parameters of social systems 测量新兴社会现象:社会系统的动态、极化和聚类有序参数

Behavioral science Pub Date : 1994-01-01 DOI: 10.1002/bs.3830390102

Bibb Latané, Andrzej Nowak, James H. Liu

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引用次数: 148

M. Mitchell Waldrop: Complexity -the emerging science at the edge of order and chaos, Simon & Shuster, New York, 1992, 359 pages. ISBN 0-671-76789-5 M. Mitchell Waldrop:《复杂性——处于秩序与混乱边缘的新兴科学》，Simon & Shuster，纽约，1992年，359页。ISBN 0-671-76789-5

Behavioral science Pub Date : 1994-01-01 DOI: 10.1002/bs.3830390106

Dorothy L. Harris Ph.D.

引用次数: 1

Tom W. Goad the Handbook of HRD technology, Human Resource Development Press (22 Amherst Road, Amherst, MA 01002, USA) 1993, 226 pp., Softcover, ISBN 0-87425-191-5 $29.95. (1-800, 822-2801) Tom W. Goad，人力资源开发技术手册，人力资源开发出版社(22 Amherst Road, Amherst, MA 01002, USA) 1993, 226页，平装，ISBN 0-87425-191-5 $29.95。(1 - 800, 822 - 2801)

Behavioral science Pub Date : 1994-01-01 DOI: 10.1002/bs.3830390108

Philip R. Harris Ph.D.

引用次数: 0

Living systems applications 生活系统应用

Behavioral science Pub Date : 1994-01-01 DOI: 10.1002/bs.3830390205

W. Thomas Louderback

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引用次数: 3

Selection mechanisms in economics 经济学中的选择机制

Behavioral science Pub Date : 1994-01-01 DOI: 10.1002/bs.3830390406

Pier Luigi Sacco

引用次数: 7

Information in nature, human behavior, and social life 自然界、人类行为和社会生活中的信息

Behavioral science Pub Date : 1994-01-01 DOI: 10.1002/bs.3830390204

Johan K. De Vree

引用次数: 9

Sally P. Springer and Georg Deutsch: Left brain, right brain fourth edition, W. H. Freeman and Company, New York, 1993, 368 pages, ISBN 0-7167-2373-5 (paperback) -7 (hardback) Sally P. Springer和Georg Deutsch:左脑，右脑第四版，W. H. Freeman and Company，纽约，1993,368页，ISBN 0-7167-2373-5(平装本)-7(精装本)

Behavioral science Pub Date : 1994-01-01 DOI: 10.1002/bs.3830390407

引用次数: 0