对人类行为的统计特性的研究,涉及研究经济、心理、交通、社会学等学科的根本问题.在最近一个时期以来,针对人类行为的统计揭示出了大量的出乎人们意料的规律,吸引了众多研究者的注意.这些规律不仅对认识人类自身和对大量的社会学科的基础研究有着重要价值,而且在实际应用中有着广阔的前景.文章作者回顾了这一新近发展起来的领域的主要研究成果,并重点对中国科学技术大学的相关研究进行了介绍.
An understanding of the statistical characteristics of human behavior involves the study ot many fun damental problems in economics, psychology, transportation, and sociology. In recent times, statistical studies have revealed many new unexpected patterns of human behavior which have attracted much attention. These dis- coveries are important for our understanding of mankind itself, and for basic studies of a large number of problems in the social sciences. There are also broad prospects for their practical applications. This article will review the main results in this newly developing research area, with emphasis on the progress obtained by the Complex System Research Group at the University of Science and Technology of China.