Abstract—Rapid developments of modern technology have impacted the lives of all peoples. In this paper, we discuss a few mathematical models for estimating social impacts of such developments on today’s society. In particular, we consider the impacts in the area of communication. Mathematical models for estimating those impacts are discussed, numerical procedures to implement these models are mentioned, and simulated data are used to illustrate the applications of these models.

Index Terms—Technology development, social impact, communication, mathematical models.

Yixun Shi is with the Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, USA(yshi@bloomu.edu).

Cite: Yixun Shi, "Mathematical Models for Social Impacts of the Modern Technology Developments," International Journal of e-Education, e-Business, e-Management and e-Learning vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 308-310, 2012.