Methodological Investigations in Agent-Based Modelling: With Applications for the Social Sciences
Author:   Eric Silverman ,  Daniel Courgeau ,  Robert Franck ,  Jakub Bijak
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2018
Volume:   13
ISBN:  

9783319724065


Pages:   235
Publication Date:   01 March 2018
Format:   Hardback
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Methodological Investigations in Agent-Based Modelling: With Applications for the Social Sciences


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This open access book examines the methodological complications of using complexity science concepts within the social science domain.  The opening chapters take the reader on a tour through the development of simulation methodologies in the fields of artificial life and population biology, then demonstrates the growing popularity and relevance of these methods in the social sciences.  Following an in-depth analysis of the potential impact of these methods on social science and social theory, the text provides substantive examples of the application of agent-based models in the field of demography.  This work offers a unique combination of applied simulation work and substantive, in-depth philosophical analysis, and as such has potential appeal for specialist social scientists, complex systems scientists, and philosophers of science interested in the methodology of simulation and the practice of interdisciplinary computing research.​

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Author:   Eric Silverman ,  Daniel Courgeau ,  Robert Franck ,  Jakub Bijak
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2018
Volume:   13
Weight:   5.148kg
ISBN:  

9783319724065


ISBN 10:   3319724061
Pages:   235
Publication Date:   01 March 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Part I Agent-Based Models: 1 Introduction.- 2 Simulation and Artificial Life.- 3 Making the Artificial Real.- 4 Modelling in Population Biology.- Part II Modelling Social Systems: 5 Modelling for the Social Sciences.- 6 Analysis: Frameworks and Theories.- 7 Schelling: A Success for Simplicity.- 8 Conclusions Part III Case Study: Simulation in Demography.- 9 Modelling in Demography: From Statistics to Simulations.- 10 Model-Based Demography in Practice: I.- 11 Model-Based Demography in Practice: II.- 12 Conclusions. 

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