Applications of Mathematics in Models, Artificial Neural Networks and Arts

1. Mathematics and Sociology
Vittorio Capecchi

2. Equilibria of Culture Contact Derived from In-Group and Out-Group Attitudes
Pierluigi Contucci, Ignacio Gallo, Stefano Ghirlanda

3. Society from the Statistical Mechanics Perspective
Oscar Bolina

4. Objects, Words and Actions: Some Reasons Why Embodied Models are Badly Needed in Cognitive Psychology
Anna M. Borghi, Daniele Caligiore, Claudia Scorolli

5. Shared Culture Needs Large Social Networks
Luca Sanctis, Stefano Ghirlanda

6. Mathematical Models of Financial Markets
Claudio Gallo

7. Tackling Climate Change Through Energy Efficiency: Mathematical Models to Offer Evidence-Based Recommendations for Public Policy
Federico Gallo, Pierluigi Contucci, Adam Coutts, Ignacio Gallo

8. An Application of the Multilevel Regression Technique to Validate a Social Stratification Scale
Simone Sarti, Marco Terraneo

9. The Academic Mind Revisited: Contextual Analysis via Multilevel Modeling
Robert B. Smith

10. The General Philosophy of the Artificial Adaptive Systems
Massimo Buscema

11. Auto-contractive Maps, the H Function, and the Maximally Regular Graph (MRG): A New Methodology for Data Mining
Massimo Buscema, Pier L. Sacco

12. An Artificial Intelligent Systems Approach to Unscrambling Power Networks in Italy’s Business Environment
Massimo Buscema, Pier L. Sacco

13. Multi–Meta-SOM
Giulia Massini

14. How to Perform Data Mining: The “Persons Arrested” Dataset
Massimo Buscema

15. Medicine and Mathematics of Complex Systems: An Emerging Revolution
Enzo Grossi

16. J-Net System: A New Paradigm for Artificial Neural Networks Applied to Diagnostic Imaging
Massimo Buscema, Enzo Grossi

17. Digital Image Processing in Medical Applications, April 22, 2008
Sabina Tangaro, Roberto Bellotti, Francesco Carlo, Gianfranco Gargano

18. Mathematics, Art, and Interpretation: A Hermeneutic Perspective
Giorgio T. Bagni

19. Point, Line and Surface, Following Hilbert and Kandinsky
Giorgio Bolondi

20. Figurative Arts and Mathematics: Pipes, Horses, Triangles and Meanings
Bruno D’Amore

21. The Idea of Space in Art, Technology, and Mathematics
Michele Emmer

22. Mathematical Structures and Sense of Beauty
Raffaele Mascella, Franco Eugeni, Ezio Sciarra

23. Visual Impact and Mathematical Learning
Monica Idà, Cécile Ellia

24. Art by Numbers
Mel Bochner, Roman Opalka

25. My Way of Playing with the Computer: Suggestions for a Personal Experience in Vector Graphics
Aldo Spizzichino

26. Four-Dimensional Ideas
Gian M. Todesco

27. From Art to Mathematics in the Paintings of Theo van Doesburg
Paola Vighi, Igino Aschieri

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