Mathematical-Statistical Models and Qualitative Theories for Economic and Social Sciences (Studies in Systems, Decision and Control Book 104)

This book presents a broad spectrum of problems related to statistics, mathematics, teaching, social science, and economics as well as a range of tools and techniques that can be used to solve these problems. It is the result of a scientific collaboration between experts in the field of economic and social systems from the University of Defence in Brno (Czech Republic), G. d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara (Italy), Pablo de Olavid eUniversity of Sevilla (Spain), and Ovidius University in Constanţa, (Romania). The studies included were selected using a peer-review process and reflect heterogeneity and complexity of economic and social phenomena. They and present interesting empirical research from around the globe and from several research fields, such as statistics, decision making, mathematics, complexity, psychology, sociology and economics. The volume is divided into two parts. The first part, “Recent trends in mathematical and statistical models for economic and social sciences”, collects papers on quantitative matters, which propose mathematical and statistical models for social sciences, economics, finance, and business administration. The second part, “Recent trends in qualitative theories for economic and social sciences”, includes papers on qualitative matters, which discuss social, economic, and teaching issues. It is an ideal reference work for all those researchers interested in recent quantitative and qualitative tools. Covering a wide range of topics, it appeals in equal measure to mathematicians, statisticians, sociologists, philosophers, and specialists in the fields of communication, social and political sciences. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Correlational Research of Expenditure Spend on Slovak Armed Forces Participation in Peace Support Operations Led by NATO (Veronika Mitašová, Ján Havko, Tomáš Pavlenko)....Pages 3-14 Health Risk Assessment of Combustion Products from Simulated Residential Fire (Josef Navrátil, Veronika Sadovská, Irena Švarcová)....Pages 15-23 Qualitative and Quantitative Comparison of the Entrance Draft Tests and the Entrance Tests Results in Mathematics (Radovan Potůček)....Pages 25-39 Digital Ethnography Theories, Models and Case Studies (Vanessa Russo)....Pages 41-53 The Demand Side of Negativity and Privatization in News: Experimental Study of News Consumer Habits (Lenka Hrbková, Jozef Zagrapan, Roman Chytilek)....Pages 55-69 Cost Assessment of Training Using Constructive Simulation (Martin Hubacek, Vladimir Vrab)....Pages 71-80 Social Problems and Decision Making for Teaching Approaches and Relationship Management in an Elementary School (Luciana Delli Rocili, Antonio Maturo)....Pages 81-93 From the Pictorial Art to the Linear Transformations (Ferdinando Casolaro, Alessandra Rotunno)....Pages 95-106 Identification of Effective Leadership Indicators in the Lithuania Army Forces (S. Bekesiene, Šárka Hošková-Mayerová, P. Diliunas)....Pages 107-122 Why We Need Mathematics in Cartography and Geoinformatics? (Václav Talhofer)....Pages 123-160 Cognitive Aspects of Interpretation of Image Data (Hana Svatoňová, Radovan Šikl)....Pages 161-175 Misconceptions Regarding Providing Citations: To Neglect Means to Take Risk for Future Scientific Research (Engin Baysen, Šárka Hošková-Mayerová, Nermin Çakmak, Fatma Baysen)....Pages 177-186 Social Aspects of Teaching: Subjective Preconditions and Objective Evaluation of Interpretation of Image Data (Hana Svatoňová, Šárka Hošková-Mayerová)....Pages 187-198 Do Institutional or Foreign Shareholders Influence National Board Diversity? Assessing Board Diversity Through Functional Data Analysis (Fabrizio Maturo, Stefania Migliori, Francesco Paolone)....Pages 199-217 Inequalities in the Provinces of Abruzzo: A Comparative Study Through the Indices of Deprivation and Principal Component Analysis (Domenico Di Spalatro, Fabrizio Maturo, Lorella Sicuro)....Pages 219-231 Expected Present and Final Value of an Annuity when some Non-Central Moments of the Capitalization Factor are Unknown: Theory and an Application using R (Salvador Cruz Rambaud, Fabrizio Maturo, Ana María Sánchez Pérez)....Pages 233-248 Assessing the Effect of Financial Crisis of Earnings Manipulation. Empirical Evidence from the Top 1,000 World Listed Companies (Francesco Paolone, Matteo Pozzoli)....Pages 249-263 Reasoning and Decision Making in Practicing Counseling (Antonio Maturo, Antonella Sciarra)....Pages 265-281 Risks Associated with Reality: How Society Views the Current Wave of Migration; One Common Problem—Two Different Solutions (Ana Vallejo Andrada, Šárka Hošková-Mayerová, Josef Krahulec, José Luis Sarasola Sanchez-Serrano)....Pages 283-305 Front Matter ....Pages 307-307 Sociability and Dependence (José Luis Sarasola Sánchez-Serrano, Ana Vallejo Andrada, Alberto Sarasola Fernandez)....Pages 309-323 School Institutions as Complex Systemic Organizations: A Multidisciplinary Perspective (Grazia Angeloni)....Pages 325-332 Advanced Technologies for Social Communication: Methods and Techniques in Online Learning (Roberto Salvatori)....Pages 333-342 Social Distance as an Interpretation of a Territory (Valentina Savini)....Pages 343-363 Socio-Vital Areas Analysis a Qualitative Approach to Sociological Analysis of Urban Spaces and Social Life (Gabriele Di Francesco)....Pages 365-375 Knowledge Creation Processes Between Open Source Intelligence and Knowledge Management (Stefania Fantinelli)....Pages 377-388 Cultural and Natural Heritage Challenges (Zdena Rosická)....Pages 389-400 Cultivating Storytelling Practice: “Every Uses of Words to Everybody” (Fiorella Paone)....Pages 401-411 Sociological Methods and Construction of Local Welfare in Italy (Vincenzo Corsi)....Pages 413-423 Some Aspects of Social Life in Romanian Villages in the Interwar Period (Daniel Flaut, Enache Tuşa)....Pages 425-437 This book presents a broad spectrum of problems related to statistics, mathematics, teaching, social science, and economics as well as a range of tools and techniques that can be used to solve these problems. It is the result of a scientific collaboration between experts in the field of economic and social systems from the University of Defence in Brno (Czech Republic), G. d{u2019}Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara (Italy), Pablo de Olavid eUniversity of Sevilla (Spain), and Ovidius University in Constanţa, (Romania). The studies included were selected using a peer-review process and reflect heterogeneity and complexity of economic and social phenomena. They and present interesting empirical research from around the globe and from several research fields, such as statistics, decision making, mathematics, complexity, psychology, sociology and economics. The volume is divided into two parts. The first part, ?Recent trends in mathematical and statistical models for economic and social sciences?, collects papers on quantitative matters, which propose mathematical and statistical models for social sciences, economics, finance, and business administration. The second part, ?Recent trends in qualitative theories for economic and social sciences?, includes papers on qualitative matters, which discuss social, economic, and teaching issues. It is an ideal reference work for all those researchers interested in recent quantitative and qualitative tools. Covering a wide range of topics, it appeals in equal measure to mathematicians, statisticians, sociologists, philosophers, and specialists in the fields of communication, social and political sciences