An invaluable guide to the complex and increasingly vital study of social simulation
This is a revised, completely updated edition of the practical textbook that examines the techniques of building computer simulations to assist understanding of social and economic issues and problems. Interest in social simulation has been growing rapidly worldwide as a result of increasingly powerful hardware capabilities and software programs. The focus on this area of expertise is also influenced by a rising interest in the application of ideas of complexity, evolution, adaptation, and chaos in the...
An invaluable guide to the complex and increasingly vital study of social simulation
This is a revised, completely updated edition of the practi...
Model building in the social sciences can increasingly rely on well elaborated formal theories. At the same time inexpensive large computational capacities are now available. Both make computer-based model building and simulation possible in social science, whose central aim is in particular an understanding of social dynamics. Such social dynamics refer to public opinion formation, partner choice, strategy decisions in social dilemma situations and much more. In the context of such modelling approaches, novel problems in philosophy of science arise which must be analysed - the main aim of...
Model building in the social sciences can increasingly rely on well elaborated formal theories. At the same time inexpensive large computational capac...
The simulation of social behavior in a variety of domains is an increasingly important technological tool. A reference survey of social simulation work, Social Simulation: Technologies, Advances and New Discoveries comprehensively collects the most exciting developments in the field. Drawing research contributions from a vibrant community of experts on social simulation, this Premier Reference Source provides a set of unique and innovative approaches, ranging from agent-based modeling to empirically based simulations, as well as applications in business, governmental, scientific, and other...
The simulation of social behavior in a variety of domains is an increasingly important technological tool. A reference survey of social simulation wor...
Klaus G. Troitzsch Ulrich Mueller G. Nigel Gilbert
This book gives an overview of the state of the art in five different approaches to social science simulation on the individual level. The volume contains microanalytical simulation models designed for policy implementation and evaluation, multilevel simulation methods designed for detecting emergent phenomena, dynamical game theory applications, the use of cellular automata to explain the emergence of structure in social systems, and multi-agent models using the experience from distributed artificial intelligence applied to special phenomena. The book collects the results of an international...
This book gives an overview of the state of the art in five different approaches to social science simulation on the individual level. The volume cont...
Model building in the social sciences can increasingly rely on well elaborated formal theories. At the same time inexpensive large computational capacities are now available. Both make computer-based model building and simulation possible in social science, whose central aim is in particular an understanding of social dynamics. Such social dynamics refer to public opinion formation, partner choice, strategy decisions in social dilemma situations and much more. In the context of such modelling approaches, novel problems in philosophy of science arise which must be analysed - the main aim of...
Model building in the social sciences can increasingly rely on well elaborated formal theories. At the same time inexpensive large computational capac...
This book gives an overview of the state of the art in five different approaches to social science simulation on the individual level. The volume contains microanalytical simulation models designed for policy implementation and evaluation, multilevel simulation methods designed for detecting emergent phenomena, dynamical game theory applications, the use of cellular automata to explain the emergence of structure in social systems, and multi-agent models using the experience from distributed artificial intelligence applied to special phenomena. The book collects the results of an international...
This book gives an overview of the state of the art in five different approaches to social science simulation on the individual level. The volume cont...
The articles collected in this volume have two features in common: they wantto integrate economics, demography and geography, and they want to overcome the stationary approach in modelling in favour of a dynamic one. The book is subdivided into three parts, where Part I is focussing on economic evolution, Part II on geographical development and Part III is related to demographic change. The present volume aims at providing a new look at this triangle in view of the classical background of discussions by introducing new research ideas focussing in nonlinear dynamics and stochastic modelling....
The articles collected in this volume have two features in common: they wantto integrate economics, demography and geography, and they want to overcom...
Zum funften Male wird die Fachtagung "Informatik und Schule" vom Fachbereich 7 "Ausbildung und Schule" der Gesellschart fur Informatik durchgefuhrt, dieses Mai in Kooperation mit dem Fachbereich Informatik der Universitat Koblenz-Landau. Die fruheren Tagungen trugen die Leit themen "Informatik als Herausforderung an Schule und Ausbildung" (Berlin 1984), "Informatik Grundbildung in Schule und Beruf" (Kaiserslautern 1986), "Zukunftsperspektiven der Informatik in Schule und Beruf" (Munchen 1989) und "Informatik: Wege zur Vielfalt beim Lehren und Ler nen" (Oldenburg 1991). Diese 5. Fachtagung...
Zum funften Male wird die Fachtagung "Informatik und Schule" vom Fachbereich 7 "Ausbildung und Schule" der Gesellschart fur Informatik durchgefuhrt, d...
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.
This text provides a broad overview on all methods applied to social science simulation as a tool for modelling and theory building, with applications...
Das vorliegende Buch ist aus Notizen und Skripten zu einer Vorlesung "Modellbildung und Simulation III den Sozialwissenschaften" hervorgegangen, die ich in der hier dokumentierten Form 1m Sommersemester 1988 zum vierten Male vor Informatik-Studenten mit dem Nebenfach Sozialwissenschaft am Diplom-Studiengang Informatik an der EWH Koblenz gehalten habe. Verschiedene Vorausversionen des vorliegenden Buches sind von den Studenten neben der Vorlesung benutzt worden, die letzte zusatzlich von den Teilnehmern des ZUMA-Workshops "Theorie dynamischer Systeme," den ich im Marz 1988 beim Zentrum fur...
Das vorliegende Buch ist aus Notizen und Skripten zu einer Vorlesung "Modellbildung und Simulation III den Sozialwissenschaften" hervorgegangen, die i...
