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Constructal Theory of Social Dynamics brings together for the first time social scientists and engineers who present predictive theory of social organization, as a conglomerate of mating flows that morph in time to flow more easily (people, goods, money, information). Constructal theory was developed first for heat flow, with application to the cooling of heat-generating volumes (e.g., packages of electronics) by using concentrated heat sinks and small amounts of high-conductivity insert material. The resulting structures were tree-shaped. Natural constructal architectures can be seen in river basins and deltas, lungs, vascularized tissues, lightning, botanical trees, and leaves. Man-made flows shaped as trees are found in the cooling systems of electronics packages and windings of electric machines, finned surfaces, regenerative heat exchangers, routes for minimum-time and minimum-cost transportation, and networks for the collection and distribution of electricity, water and sewage.

   INDICE: The constructal law in nature, engineering, and society.- Constructal models in social processes.- Tree flow networks for distribution and collection.- Constructal river basins, global climate and structured people dynamics.- Flow regime and shape and structure in nature and animal societies.- The constructal nature of the world air traffic system.- Constructal company sustainability.- Cities as fossils: understanding social change through urban histories.- Sociological theory meets constructal theory.- How optimal is animal learning?.- Human aging and mortality.- Autocorrelation in Blau Space: Imputed networks and causal effects.- The inequality process as a wealth maximizing process.- Statistical mechanical models for social systems with complex structures.- Structure of interlocking directories.- Ethnic residential segregation.- Constructal theory of written languages.

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Detalles del artículo

• Páginas : 300
• Editorial : Springer
• Idioma : Inglés
• Fecha de Publicación : 01/03/2007
• ISBN: 9780387476803
• Encuadernación : Cartoné
• Nº Volúmenes : 1
• País de Publicación : Estados Unidos
• Lugar de Publicación : New York