Facets Of Behaviormetrics The 50th Anniversary Of The Behaviormetric Society 1st Edition Akinori Okada by Akinori Okada, Kazuo Shigemasu, Ryozo Yoshino, Satoru Yokoyama (editors) 9789819922390, 9819922399 instant download after payment.

This edited book is the first one written in English that deals comprehensively with behavior metrics. The term “behaviormetrics” comprehends the research including all sorts of quantitative approaches to disclose human behavior. Researchers in behavior metrics have developed, extended, and improved methods such as multivariate statistical analysis, survey methods, cluster analysis, machine learning, multidimensional scaling, corresponding analysis or quantification theory, network analysis, clustering, factor analysis, test theory, and related factors. In the spirit of behavior metrics, researchers applied these methods to data obtained by surveys, experiments, or websites from a diverse range of fields.

The purpose of this book is twofold. One is to represent studies that display how the basic elements of behavior metrics have developed into present-day behavior metrics. The other is to represent studies performed mainly by those who would like to pioneer new fieldsof behavior metrics and studies that display elements of future behavior metrics. These studies consist of various characteristics such as those dealing with theoretical or conceptual subjects, the algorithm, the model, the method, and the application to a wide variety of fields. This book helps readers to understand the present and future of behavior metrics.

About the Author

Akinori Okada is a Professor Emeritus of Rikkyo University, and holds a Ph.D. in Engineering from Keio University. Okada obtained his undergraduate degree of engineering from Keio Universality in 1966. After studied at the graduate school of Keio Universality, he became a research assistant at Chiba University in 1971. He moved to the School of Social Relations of Rikkyo University in 1972, and was appointed a Professor in 1981. From 2007 to 2014, he was a Professor of Tama University. His research interests are the areas in dealing with asymmetric relationships by multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis.