Complex adaptive systems : an introduction to computational models of social life /
This book provides the first clear, comprehensive, and accessible account of complex adaptive social systems, by two of the field's leading authorities. Such systems--whether political parties, stock markets, or ant colonies--present some of the most intriguing theoretical and practical challen...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autores principales: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©2007.
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Colección: | Princeton studies in complexity.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This book provides the first clear, comprehensive, and accessible account of complex adaptive social systems, by two of the field's leading authorities. Such systems--whether political parties, stock markets, or ant colonies--present some of the most intriguing theoretical and practical challenges confronting the social sciences. Engagingly written, and balancing technical detail with intuitive explanations, Complex Adaptive Systems focuses on the key tools and ideas that have emerged in the field since the mid-1990s, as well as the techniques needed to investigate such systems. It provides a detailed introduction to concepts such as emergence, self-organized criticality, automata, networks, diversity, adaptation, and feedback. It also demonstrates how complex adaptive systems can be explored using methods ranging from mathematics to computational models of adaptive agents. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xix, 263 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-260) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781400835522 1400835526 1282458116 9781282458116 1282936352 9781282936355 9786612458118 6612458119 9786612936357 6612936355 |