Generative Social Science : Studies in Agent-Based Computational Modeling /

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Agent-based computational modeling is changing the face of social science. This book argues that this powerful technique permits the social sciences to meet an explanation, in which one 'grows' the phenomenon of interest in an artificial society of interacting agents: heterogeneous, bounde...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Epstein, Joshua M., 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Ciências sociais (modelos matemáticos)
Wiskundige modellen.
Computersimulaties.
Sociaal-wetenschappelijk onderzoek.
Sozialwissenschaften
Mehragentensystem
Gesellschaft
Computersimulation
Social sciences > Mathematical models.
Social sciences > Computer simulation.
MATHEMATICS > Applied.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Methodology.
Sciences sociales > Modeles mathematiques.
Sciences sociales > Simulation par ordinateur.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Agent-based computational modeling is changing the face of social science. This book argues that this powerful technique permits the social sciences to meet an explanation, in which one 'grows' the phenomenon of interest in an artificial society of interacting agents: heterogeneous, boundedly rational actors.
Physical Description:1 online resource: illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
ISBN:9781400842872

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