Cooperative Agents Applications in the Social Sciences
Agent-based modelling on a computer appears to have a special role to play in the development of social science. It offers a means of discovering general and applicable social theory, and grounding it in precise assumptions and derivations, whilst addressing those elements of individual cognition th...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2001, 2001
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2001 |
| Series: | Theory and Decision Library A:, Rational Choice in Practical Philosophy and Philosophy of Science
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Introduction
- Designing co-operative agents
- 2 What are Agents and what are they for?
- 3 Agent models of Software Technology
- 4 Social norms for co-operative agents
- Agent-based social simulation
- 5 Can agent-based modelling REALLY be useful?
- 6 Fraud, Exchange and Cooperation
- 7 Hunting the unicorn. An exploration of the simulation of small group leadership
- 8 /Social Influence among Agents: The Simulation of Social Psychological Theories
- Hybrid forms of interaction between humans and artificial agents
- 9 Enrolling Software Agents in Human Organizations. The Exploration of Hybrid Organizations within the Socionics Research Program
- 10 Hybrid Learning Communities in Agent-based Intelligent Distributed Learning Environments — An Application for Socionics’ Research
- 11/Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation for Hospital Management
- Author Index