Simulating social complexity : a handbook /

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Group Author: Edmonds, Bruce.; Meyer, Ruth.
Published: Springer,
Publisher Address: Berlin ; New York :
Publication Dates: 2013.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Understanding complex systems,
Springer complexity
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-93813-2
Item Description: Includes index.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource.
ISBN: 9783540938132 (electronic bk.)
3540938133 (electronic bk.)
Index Number: HM291
CLC: C912
Contents: Introductory Material.
Introduction to the Handbook /
Historical Introduction /
Types of Simulation /
Informal Approaches to Developing Simulation Models /
A Formal Approach to Building Compositional Agent-Based Simulations /
Checking Simulations: Detecting and Avoiding Errors and Artefacts /
Documenting Social Simulation Models: The ODD Protocol as a Standard /
Validating Simulations /
Understanding Simulation Results /
Participatory Approaches /
Combining Mathematical and Simulation Approaches to Understand the Dynamics of Computer Models /
Interpreting and Understanding Simulations: The Philosophy of Social Simulation /
Mechanisms.
Utility, Games, and Narratives /
Social Constraint /
Reputation /
Social Networks and Spatial Distribution /
Learning /
Evolutionary Mechanisms /
Agent-Based Modelling and Simulation Applied to Environmental Management /
Assessing Organisational Design /
Distributed Computer Systems /
Simulating Complexity of Animal Social Behaviour /
Agent-Based Simulation as a Useful Tool for the Study of Markets /
Movement of People and Goods /
Modeling Power and Authority: An Emergentist View from Afghanistan /
Human Societies: Understanding Observed Social Phenomena /