Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Part 1: Theory and Concepts
Chapter 1
Understanding Online Group Purchasing Behavior
(Giuliana Isabella and Suzi Elen Ferreira Dias, University of Sao Paulo and Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas, Brazil)
Chapter 2
Modeling Social Interactions in Game Play
(Jason Gordon, Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, USA)
Chapter 3
Leisure Phenomenon as a Complex System: Exploring its Potential for a Dynamical Approach
(Gabriela Baranowski Pinto, Federal Agency for the Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education, CAPES, Brazilian Government, Brazil)
Chapter 4
Stochastic Resonation, Paramagnetism and Emotional Contagion in Collective Behaviours
(Alan McDonnell, Emergent Dynamic Technologies Ltd, Bristol, United Kingdom)
Part 2: Mathematical Modeling and Simulations
Chapter 5
Analysis of Behavior Stability in a Multiagent System
(Florin Leon, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi, Romania)
Chapter 6
Collective Behavior of Active Particles
(Olga V. Yushchenko, Nanolectronics Department, Sumy State University, Ukraine)
Chapter 7
Considerations on the SET Model of Swarm Behavior in the Case of Very Large Swarms
(T. D. Frank, Department of Psychology and Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, USA)
Chapter 8
Collective Behavior in Adaptive Systems: Application to Prism Adaptation
(T. D. Frank, Department of Psychology and Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, USA)
Chapter 9
The Lotka-Volterra-Haken Model for Group Buying, Apples-to-Apples Group Play and the Competition and Attraction of Leisure Activities
(T. D. Frank, Department of Psychology and Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, USA)
Index
This book is intended both for the general reader interested in collective behavior and for the quantitative researcher looking for an update in this rapidly developing field. Target audience includes economists, researchers in leisure sciences, psychologists, neuroscientists, physicists, and biologists.