Distances in Applied Social Sciences

Michel Marie Deza and Elena Deza
Additional contact information
Michel Marie Deza: École Normale Supérieure
Elena Deza: Moscow State Pedagogical University

Chapter Chapter 28 in Encyclopedia of Distances, 2013, pp 545-586 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In this chapter we present selected distances used in real-world applications of Human Sciences. In this and the next chapter, the expression of distances ranges from numeric (say, in m) to ordinal (as a degree assigned according to some rule). Depending on the context, the distances are either practical ones, used in daily life and work outside of science, or uncountable ones, used figuratively, say, as metaphors for remoteness (the fact of being apart, being unknown, coldness of manner, etc.).

Keywords: Cultural Distance; Distance Decay; Psychological Distance; Psychical Distance; Ponzo Illusion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-642-30958-8_28

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/9783642309588

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-30958-8_28

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Springer Books from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().