Mob Control: Models of Threshold Collective Behavior

This book presents mathematical models of mob control with threshold (conformity) collective decision-making of the agents. Based on the results of analysis of the interconnection between the micro- and macromodels of active network structures, it considers the static (deterministic, stochastic and game-theoretic) and dynamic (discrete- and continuous-time) models of mob control, and highlights models of informational confrontation. Many of the results are applicable not only to mob control problems, but also to control problems arising in social groups, online social networks, etc. Aimed at researchers and practitioners, it is also a valuable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as doctoral candidates specializing in the field of collective behavior modeling.

List of contents

Introduction.- Models of Threshold Collective Behavior.- Micro- and Macromodels.- Deterministic Models of Mob Control.- Stochastic Models of Mob Control.- Game-Theoretic Models of Mob Control.- Dynamic Models of Mob Control in Discrete Time.- Dynamic Models of Mob Control in Continuous Time.- Micromodels of Informational Confrontation.- Macromodels of Informational Confrontation.- Models of Mob Self-Excitation.

Product details

• Authors: Vladimir V. Breer, Dmitry A. Novikov, Andrey D. Rogatkin
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.02.2017
• EAN: 9783319518640
• ISBN: 978-3-31-951864-0
• No. of pages: 134
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 11 mm x 242 mm
• Weight: 333 g
• Illustrations: VIII, 134 p. 29 illus., 13 illus. in color.
• Series: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; B, Artificial Intelligence, biotechnology, engineering, Computer and Information Systems Applications, Application software, Complex systems, Control and Systems Theory, Dynamical systems, Computational Intelligence, Control engineering, Automatic control engineering, Social sciences—Computer programs, Social sciences—Data processing, Computer applications in the social & behavioural sciences, Computational Social Sciences, Dynamics & statics, Statistical physics, Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences