Fattore M., Bruggemann R. (Eds.) Partial Order Concepts in Applied Sciences

Springer, 2017. — 305 p. — ISBN: 3319454196.This book illustrates recent advances in applications of partial order theory and Hasse diagram techniques to data analysis, mainly in the socio-economic and environmental sciences. For years, partial order theory has been considered a fundamental branch of mathematics of only theoretical interest. In recent years, its effectiveness as a tool for data analysis is increasingly being realized and many applications of partially ordered sets to real problems in statistics and applied sciences have appeared. Main examples pertain to the analysis of complex and multidimensional systems of ordinal data and to problems of multi-criteria decision making, so relevant in social and environmental sciences.
Partial Order Concepts in Applied Sciences presents new theoretical and methodological developments in partial order for data analysis, together with a wide range of applications to different topics: multidimensional poverty, economic development, inequality measurement, ecology and pollution, and biology, to mention a few. The book is of interest for applied mathematicians, statisticians, social scientists, environmental scientists and all those aiming at keeping pace with innovation in this interesting, growing and promising research field.Theoretical and Methodological Advances
Endowing Posets with Flesh: If,Why and How?
Incomparability/Inequality Measures and Clustering
Incomparable: What Now, IV. Incomparabilities: A Modeling Challenge
Partial Ordering and Metrology Analyzing Analytical Performance
Functionals and Synthetic Indicators Over Finite Posets
Evaluation, Considered as Problem Orientable Mathematics Over Lattices
A Combined Lexicographic Average Rank Approach for Evaluating Uncertain Multi-indicator Matrices with Risk Metrics
Partial Order Theory in Socio-economic Sciences
Peculiarities in Multidimensional Regional Poverty
Application of Partial Order Theory to Multidimensional Poverty Analysis in Switzerland
Analysis of Social Participation: A Multidimensional Approach Based on the Theory of Partial Ordering
POSET Analysis of Panel Data with POSAC
Partially Ordered Set Theory and Sen’s Capability Approach: A Fruitful Relationship
Partial Order Theory in Environmental Sciences
Ranking Chemicals with Respect to Accidents Frequency
Formal Concept Analysis Applications in Chemistry: From Radionuclides and Molecular Structure to Toxicity and Diagnosis
Partial Order Analysis of the Government Dependence of the Sustainable Development Performance in Germany’s Federal States
New Applications of Partial Order Theory
A Matching Problem, Partial Order, and an Analysis Applying the Copeland Index
Application of the Mixing Partial Order to Genes
Analyzing Ethnopharmacological Data Matrices on Traditional Uses of Medicinal Plants with the Contribution of Partial Order Techniques
Software Developments
PARSEC: An R Package for Partial Orders in Socio-Economics
»PyHasse« and Cloud Computing