Tools and Techniques for Social Science Simulation

ISBN-13: 9783790812657 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 387 str.

Ramzi Suleiman; Klaus G. Troitzsch; Nigel Gilbert

Opis

This text provides a broad overview on all methods applied to social science simulation as a tool for modelling and theory building, with applications to multi-agent simulation, game theory cellular automata to social and economic problems, and with special reference to sensitivity analysis.

Spis treści

Simulations as Tools for Modeling and Theory Building: N. Gilbert: Models, Processes and Algorithms: Towards a Simulation Toolkit.- J. Doran: Questions in the Methodology of Artificial Societies.- G. Müller: Computer Assisted Interfacing: On the Use of Computer Simulation for Theory Construction.- C. Stoica: Interactive Neural Networks as Tools for Modeling Social Systems.- Multi-Agent Based Simulations: W. Balzer: SMASS: A Serial Multi-Agent System for Social Simulation.- C. Urban: PECS: A Reference Model for the Simulation of Multi-Agent Systems.- M. Rockloff: Building Multi-Agent Simulation Applications.- R. Conte: Diversity in Strategies of Partnership Formation.- Game Theory and Cellular Automata: R. Hegselmann, A. Flache, V. Möller: Cellular Automata Models of Solidarity and Opinion Formation: Sensitivity Analysis.- O. Kirchkamp: Evolution of Learning Rules in Space.- B. Latané: Simulating the Role of Nonlinearity and Discreteness in Dynamic Social Impact.- I. Fischer, R. Suleiman: The Emergence of Mutual Cooperation in a Simulated Inter-Group Conflict.- Sensitivity Analysis: E. Chattoe, N. Saam, M. Möhring: Sensitivity Analysis in the Social Sciences.- C. Schatz: Tests of Dynamic Social Models with Time Related Surveys: an Experimental Approach.- M. Paolucci, M. Marsero, R. Comte: What is the Use of Gossip? A Sensitivity Analysis of the Spreading of Respectful Reputation.- Applications: K.H. Brassel, O. Edenhofer, M. Möhring, K.G. Troitzsch: Economic Development, Opinion Formation, and Technological Change in a Multilevel Simulation Model.- P. Kokic, R. Chambers, S. Beare: Microsimulating Farm Business Performance.- J. Klüver, J. Schmidt, R. Kier: Ordering Parameters in the Rule Space ofSocial Systems: Searching for a Universal Grammar of Social Actions.