Complex adaptive systems : an introduction to computational models of social life /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Miller, John H. (John Howard), 1959- (Author), Page, Scott E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2007.
Series:Princeton studies in complexity.
Subjects:
Social systems > Mathematical models.
Social sciences > Mathematical models.
Systèmes sociaux > Modèles mathématiques.
Sciences sociales > Modèles mathématiques.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Methodology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Empirische Sozialforschung
Datenanalyse
Adaptives System
Soziales System
Computersimulation
Soziologische Theorie
Sociale relaties.
Computermodellen.
Sozialverhalten > Simulation.
Soziales System > Simulation.
Ciências sociais (modelos matemáticos)
Samhällsvetenskap.
Matematiska modeller.
Systemteori.
Scienze sociali > modelli matematici.
Modelli matematici > applicazioni.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. INTRODUCTION. Introduction
  • Complexity in social worlds
  • pt. 2. PRELIMINARIES. Modeling
  • On emergence
  • pt. 3. COMPUTATIONAL MODELING. Computation as theory
  • Why agent-based objects?
  • pt. 4. MODELS OF COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SOCIAL SYSTEMS. A basic framework
  • Complex adaptive social systems in one dimension
  • Social dynamics
  • Evolving automata
  • Some fundamentals of organizational decision making
  • pt. 5. CONCLUSIONS. Social science in between
  • Epilogue
  • Appendixes. A. An open agenda for complex adaptive social systems
  • B. Practices for computational modeling.

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