Violent societies: An application of orbital decomposition to the problem of human violence

Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-115

  Spohn, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b University of Denver   (United States)

Author keywords

Entropy; Fractal dimension; Orbital decomposition; Politics; Symbolic dynamics; Violence; Violent societies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIME; FORECASTING; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PERU; POLITICS; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIALIZATION; SOUTH AFRICA; VICTIM; VIOLENCE; YUGOSLAVIA;

CRIME; CRIME VICTIMS; FORECASTING; FRACTALS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PERU; POLITICS; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIALIZATION; SOUTH AFRICA; VIOLENCE; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 38349078897     PISSN: 10900578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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