Mathematical psychology is an interdisciplinary area of research in which methods of mathematics, operations research, and computer science in psychology are used. Now more than thirty years old, the field has continued to grow rapidly and has taken on a life of its own. This volume summarizes recent progress in mathematical psychology as seen by some of the leading figures in the field as well as some of its leading young researchers. The papers presented in this volume reflect the most important current directions of research in mathematical psychology. They cover topics in measurement, decision and choice, psychophysics and psychometrics, knowledge representation, neural nets and learning models, and cognitive modeling. Some of the major ideas included are new applications of concepts of measurement theory to social phenomena, new directions in the theory of probabilistic choice, surprising results in nonlinear utility theory, applications of boolean methods in the theory of knowledge spaces, applications of neural net ideas to concept learning, developments in the theory of parallel processing models of response time, new results in inhibition theory, and new concepts about paired associate learning.

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Product Description: 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, transportation and health...read more

Product Description: This volume presents topics addressed at the working group meeting and workshop on Computer-generated Conjectures from Graph Theoretic and Chemical Databases held at Rutgers University (Piscataway, NJ). The events brought together theoreticians and practitioners working in graph theory and chemistry to share ideas and to set an agenda for future developments in the use of computers for generating scientific conjectures...read more

Product Description: For courses in undergraduate Combinatorics for juniors or seniors. This carefully crafted text emphasizes applications and problem solving. It is divided into 4 parts. Part I introduces basic tools of combinatorics, Part II discusses advanced tools, Part III covers the existence problem, and Part IV deals with combinatorial optimization...read more

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Product Description: This volume features highlights from the DIMACS Special Year on 'Mathematical Support for Molecular Biology'. Top researchers presented both new research results and comprehensive overviews on the use of mathematics (especially discrete mathematics) and theoretical computer science in molecular biology...read more

Product Description: The mathematical approach to the study of hierarchies presents the theoretical basis for many important areas of current scientific investigation. Biology has benefited from this research and has also stimulated the mathematical study of hierarchies...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Book by Ringeisen, Richard D., Roberts, Fred S., Conference on Discrete Mathematics 1986

Product Description: No calculus needed but strong finite math background required. Less of the usual CS orientation.