Scientific research in International Relations has produced a growing corpus of empirically grounded formal theoretical models of phenomena ranging from deterrence to systemic polarity, from conditions of peace to the onset of war. Many of these important theories contain a mix of continuous and discrete dimensions, causal variables, and parameters. Analysis and understanding of this fundamental and intriguing class of theories containing functions with a mix of continuous and discrete variables has puzzled generations of social scientists and applied mathematicians. This challenging and longstanding puzzle now has a solution. Here we demonstrate how the recently created calculus with nabladot operators is beginning to uncover previously unknown properties of hybrid international phenomena. Results include new concepts and precise principles on causal relationships, previously unknown political features, and fundamental properties of probabilistic causality, demonstrated through nabladot analysis of international events, crisis dynamics, and warfare.
George Mason University, United States - ORCID: 0000-0001-6445-9433
Titolo del capitolo
Nabladot Analysis of Hybrid Theories in International Relations
Autori
Claudio Cioffi-Revilla
Lingua
English
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-595-0.04
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2022
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© 2022 Author(s)
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Titolo del libro
Eirene e Atena
Sottotitolo del libro
Studi di politica internazionale in onore di Umberto Gori
Curatori
Fulvio Attinà, Luciano Bozzo, Marco Cesa, Sonia Lucarelli
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Numero di pagine
208
Anno di pubblicazione
2022
Copyright
© 2022 Author(s)
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Licenza dei metadati
Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-595-0
ISBN Print
978-88-5518-594-3
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-5518-595-0
Collana
Studi e saggi
ISSN della collana
2704-6478
e-ISSN della collana
2704-5919