Foundations of Measurement: Geometrical, threshold, and probabilistic representations

Foundations of Measurement: Geometrical, threshold, and probabilistic representations
Author: Patrick Suppes
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 514
Release: 2007-01-01
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0486453154

All of the sciences―physical, biological, and social―have a need for quantitative measurement. This influential series, Foundations of Measurement, established the formal foundations for measurement, justifying the assignment of numbers to objects in terms of their structural correspondence. Volume I introduces the distinct mathematical results that serve to formulate numerical representations of qualitative structures. Volume II extends the subject in the direction of geometrical, threshold, and probabilistic representations, and Volume III examines representation as expressed in axiomatization and invariance.

Foundations of Measurement

Foundations of Measurement
Author: Patrick Suppes
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 510
Release: 2014-06-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1483295036

Foundations of Measurement offers the most coherently organized treatment of the topics and issues central to measurement. Much of the research involved has been scattered over several decades and a multitude of journals--available in many instances only to specialties. With the publication of Volumes two and three of this important work, Foundations of Measurement is the most comprehensive presentation in the area of measurement.

Additive and Polynomial Representations

Additive and Polynomial Representations
Author: David H. Krantz
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 626
Release: 2006-12-01
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0486453146

All of the sciences — physical, biological, and social — have a need for quantitative measurement. This influential series, Foundations of Measurement, established the formal foundations for measurement, justifying the assignment of numbers to objects in terms of their structural correspondence. Volume I introduces the distinct mathematical results that serve to formulate numerical representations of qualitative structures. Volume II extends the subject in the direction of geometrical, threshold, and probabilistic representations, and Volume III examines representation as expressed in axiomatization and invariance.

Elements of Psychophysical Theory

Elements of Psychophysical Theory
Author: Jean-Claude Falmagne
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 408
Release: 2002
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780195148329

This book presents the basic concepts of classical psychophysics, derived from Gustav Fechner, as seen from the perspective of modern measurement theory. The theoretical discussion is elucidated with examples and numerous problems, and solutions to one-quarter of the problems are provided in the text.

A Pragmatic Perspective of Measurement

A Pragmatic Perspective of Measurement
Author: David Torres Irribarra
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2021-05-29
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 3030740250

This book aims to address the challenges of defining measurement in social sciences, presenting a conceptualization of the practice of measurement from the perspective of the pragmatic tradition in philosophy. The book reviews key questions regarding the scope and limits of measurement, emphasizing that if the trust that the public places on measures in the social sciences relies on their connection to the notion of measurement in the physical sciences, then the clarification of the similarities and differences between measurement in the physical and the social realms is of central importance to adequately contextualize their relative advantages and limitations. It goes on to present some of the most influential theories of measurement such as the “classical view” of measurement, operationalism, and the representational theory of measurement, as well as more methodological perspectives arising from the practice of researchers in the social sciences, such as the latent variable perspective, and from the physical sciences and engineering, represented by metrology. This overview illustrates that the concept of measurement, and that of quantitative methods, is currently being used across the board in ways that do not necessarily conform to traditional, classical definitions of measurement, pushing the boundaries of what constitutes our technical understanding of it. Moreover, what constitutes a technical understanding of measurement, and the theoretical commitments that it entails, must vary in different areas. In this context, disagreement on what is constitutive of measurement is bound to appear. Pragmatism is presented as a theoretical perspective that offers the advantage of being flexible and fallibilist, encouraging us to abandon the pursuit of a timeless and perfect definition that attempts to establish decontextualized/definitive demarcation criteria for what is truly measurement. This book will be of particular interest for psychologists and other human and social scientists, and more concretely for scholars interested in measurement and assessment in psychological and social measurement. The pragmatic perspective of measurement presents a conceptual framework for researchers to ground their assessment practices acknowledging and dealing with the challenges of social measurement.

Computational Intelligence in Decision and Control

Computational Intelligence in Decision and Control
Author: Da Ruan
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 1201
Release: 2008
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9812799478

FLINS, originally an acronym for Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Technologies in Nuclear Science, is now extended to Computational Intelligence for applied research. The contributions to the eighth edition in the series of FLINS conferences cover state-of-the-art research, development, and technology for computational intelligence systems in general, and for intelligent decision and control in particular.

Computational Intelligence In Decision And Control - Proceedings Of The 8th International Flins Conference

Computational Intelligence In Decision And Control - Proceedings Of The 8th International Flins Conference
Author: Da Ruan
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 1201
Release: 2008-08-08
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9814471399

FLINS, originally an acronym for Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Technologies in Nuclear Science, is now extended to Computational Intelligence for applied research. The contributions to the eighth edition in the series of FLINS conferences cover state-of-the-art research, development, and technology for computational intelligence systems in general, and for intelligent decision and control in particular.

Foundations of Measurement

Foundations of Measurement
Author: David H. Krantz
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 548
Release: 1971
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN:

"A classic series in the field of quantitative measurement, Volume I introduces the distinct mathematical results that serve to formulate numerical representations of qualitative structures. Volume II extends the subject in the direction of geometrical, threshold, and probabilistic representations, and Volume III examines representation as expressed in axiomatization and invariance. 1971 edition." -- Publisher.

Choice, Welfare and Measurement

Choice, Welfare and Measurement
Author: Amartya Sen
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 480
Release: 1997
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780674127784

"Choice, Welfare and Measurement contains many of Amartya Sen's most important contributions to economic analysis and methods, including papers on individual and social choice, preference and rationality, and aggregation and economic measurement. A substantial introductory essay interrelates his diverse concerns, and also analyzes discussions generated by the original papers, focusing on the underlying issues."--P. [4] of cover.