Tools and Techniques for Social Science Simulation
The use of computer simulations to study social phenomena has grown rapidly during the last few years. Many social scientists from the fields of economics, sociology, psychology and other disciplines now use computer simulations to study a wide range of social phenomena. The availability of powerful...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Heidelberg
Physica
2000, 2000
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2000 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I Simulations as Tools for Modelling and Theory Building
- 1 Models, Processes and Algorithms: Towards a Simulation Toolkit
- 2 Questions in the Methodology of Artificial Societies
- 3 Computer Assisted Interfacing: On the Use of Computer Simulation for Theory Construction
- 4 Interactive Neural Networks as Tools for Modeling Social Systems
- II Multi-Agent Based Simulations
- 5 SMASS: A Serial Multi-Agent System for Social Simulion
- 6 PECS: A Reference Model for the Simulation of Multi-Agent Systems
- 7 Bedrock: Building Multi-Agent Simulation Applications
- 8 Diversity in Strategies of Partnership Formation
- III Game Theory and Cellular Automata
- 9 Cellular Automata Models as a Modelling Tool
- 10 Evolution of Learning Rules in Space
- 11 Maintaining Diversity: Simulating the Role of Nonliniarity and Discreteness in Dynamic Social Impact
- 12 Representation Methods and the Emergence of Inter-Group Cooperation
- IV Sensitivity Analysis
- 13 Sensitivity Analysis in the Social Sciences: Problems and Prospects
- 14 Tests of Dynamic Social Models with Time Related Surveys: an Experimental Approach
- 15 What Is the Use of Gossip? A Sensitivity Analysis of the Spreading of Respectful Reputation
- V Applications
- 16 Modelling Greening Investors: Economic Development, Opinion Formation, and Technological Change in a Multilevel Simulation Model
- 17 Microsimulating Farm Business Performance
- 18 Ordering Parameters in the Rule Space of Social Systems
- Biographical Sketches
- Author Index