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Problems and Terminology

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This section explains the meaning of the terms that were introduced in Part I for social processes.

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Notes

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    In this context, with properties we do not only mean the character traits but all quantities which are required for a complete description of an individual α.

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    Already in electroencephalograms (EEGs) one can detect chaotic time signals [14, 15].

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  1. ETH Zurich, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, CLU E 1, Clausiusstrasse 50, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland

    Prof. Dr. Dirk Helbing (Chair of Sociology, in particular of Modeling and Simulation)

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Helbing, D. (2010). Problems and Terminology. In: Quantitative Sociodynamics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11546-2_8

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