Although often applied in other social sciences, text mining has been less frequently used in economics and in policy circles, particularly inside central banks. This Handbook is a brief introduction to the field, discussing how text mining is useful for addressing research topics of interest to...

Network theory is a widely used approach for characterizing the interaction between the components of complex systems. However, dealing with social, cultural and socio-ecological complex systems is challenging in their own particular ways. Interactions in such systems cannot be characterized...

Metro construction is a typical large-scale complex high-risk engineering project, and construction safety risk management is knowledge-intensive. For the safety risk management of metro construction, the value of knowledge lies in the ability to support people to complete specific risk...

Bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies are still generating opposing views ranging from being a fraud to being the source of a new economy. Those differences are stemming from confusion, bias and vested interest. This paper is an attempt to generate an unbiased, unified market definition to fill a...