This work is a survey of some results on a statistical mechanics approach to the social sciences emerged in the last two decades. The pioneering work of Daniel McFadden, known as discrete choice theory, is interpreted in terms of a non-interacting model and extended along the lines of the Brock and Durlauf interacting systems. The generalization to the multi-populated model is presented and two specific case studies are reviewed with their phenomenological and theoretical analysis.

Contucci P., Vernia C. (2020). On a Statistical Mechanics Approach to Some Problems of the Social Sciences. FRONTIERS IN PHYSICS, 8, 1-11 [10.3389/fphy.2020.585383].

On a Statistical Mechanics Approach to Some Problems of the Social Sciences

Contucci P.
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Vernia C.
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2020

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This work is a survey of some results on a statistical mechanics approach to the social sciences emerged in the last two decades. The pioneering work of Daniel McFadden, known as discrete choice theory, is interpreted in terms of a non-interacting model and extended along the lines of the Brock and Durlauf interacting systems. The generalization to the multi-populated model is presented and two specific case studies are reviewed with their phenomenological and theoretical analysis.
2020
Contucci P., Vernia C. (2020). On a Statistical Mechanics Approach to Some Problems of the Social Sciences. FRONTIERS IN PHYSICS, 8, 1-11 [10.3389/fphy.2020.585383].
Contucci P.; Vernia C.
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