Methodological Investigations in Agent-Based Modelling With Applications for the Social Sciences
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 dem...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2018, 2018
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2018 |
| Series: | Methodos Series, Methodological Prospects in the Social Sciences
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
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.