1st Edition
Investigating Human Interaction through Mathematical Analysis The Queue Transform
By Kurt T. Brintzenhofe
Copyright 2023
216 Pages
14 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
216 Pages
14 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
Investigating Human Interaction through Mathematical Analysis offers a new and unique approach to social intragroup interaction by using mathematics and psychophysics to create a mathematical model based on social psychological theories.
It draws on the work of Dr. Stanley Milgram, Dr. Bibb Latane, and Dr. Bernd Schmitt to develop an algebraic expression and applies it to quantitatively model... Read more
1. Social Psychology and Psychophysics: Laying the Foundation 2. Milgram’s Drawing Power of Crowds and Social Impact Theory 3. Revisiting Milgram’s 1978 “Response to Intrusion into Waiting Lines” Experiment 4. Applying the Queue Transform 5. From the Queue to the Commons 6. An Algebraic Group in Social Space 7. History as Data Appendix A. Deriving Minimum Queue Length Based on Milgram et al (1986) Data
Biography
Kurt T. Brintzenhofe is a retired Navy officer, civilian systems analyst, and system-of-systems major acquisition test engineer/director who, with a master's degree in operations research, worked for many years in mathematical modeling and operational evaluation. He is currently continuing his education as an advanced graduate student at the University of Maryland, where his research interests cover applied mathematics, history, social psychology, and psychophysics.
