Mathematics of Human Behavior and Its Cognitive Bases
Introduction to mathematical modeling of human behavior and its cognitive bases. Introduction to the course; probability theory in sociology and psychology; from physics to perception; when systems evolve over time; nonlinear and chaotic systems; defining rationality; how to evaluate evidence; multidimensional scaling; mathematical models and psychological tests; cognition; connectionism; fuzzy logic in behavioral sciences.
Basic Information
Workload
60 hours
Mandatory:
- Hunt E. The Mathematics of Behavior. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press 2007.
- Smithson M. Fuzzy Set Analysis for Behavioral and Social Sciences. New York. Springer Verlag.
- Massad, E. et al. Fuzzy Logic in Action: Applications in Epidemiology and Beyond. Springer Verlag, 2008.
Complementary:
- Belohlavek R & Klir GJ. Concepts and Fuzzy Logic. Cambridge Massachusets. MIT Press, 2011.
- Saari DG. Mathematics motivated by the social and behavioral sciences. CBMS-NSF regional conference series in applied mathematics 2018.
- Van Montfort K, Oud JHL, Voelkle MC (eds). Continuous time modeling in the behavioral and related sciences. New York. Springer Verlag 2018.