This book provides an introduction to measurement theory for non-specialists and puts measurement in the social and behavioural sciences on a firm mathematical foundation. Results are applied to such topics as measurement of utility, psychophysical scaling and decision-making about pollution, energy[...]
Presents the tools of combinatorics from an applied point of view. This book focuses on three basic problems of combinatorics: counting, existence, and optimization problems. It contains many examples from the biological, computer, and social sciences, including disease screening, genome mapping, sa[...]