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Simulation for the Social Scientist

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Authors: Nigel Gilbert, Klaus G Troitzsch
Publisher: Open University Press
Category: Book

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Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 312
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.8

ISBN: 0335216005
Dewey Decimal Number: 300.113
EAN: 9780335216000
ASIN: 0335216005

Publication Date: February 1, 2005
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Condition: has a remainder mark - never read

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
pbAn invaluable guide to the complex and increasingly vital study of social simulation/b/p pThis 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 social sciences./p pThis authoritative book details all of the common approaches to social simulation, to provide social scientists with an appreciation of the literature and allow those with some programming skills to create their own simulations. New for this edition are a chapter on how to use simulation as a tool, as well as a chapter on multi-agent systems to explain why and how multi-agent modeling has become the preferred approach to simulation./p

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars

Good Start Point October 28, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful

This book could be considered a first reading on Social science simulation.br /It's easy to read, has really good examples and most important has a lot of references to other books and tools.br /Do not set your expectations too high, it won't teach you how to build simulation, it just point out several different ways of doing it.

5 out of 5 stars

This world-class social science book just got even better with this new 2nd edition. June 27, 2005
13 out of 14 found this review helpful

This is an excellent introduction to and comprehensive historical and analytical survey of the interdisciplinary science of social simulation modeling, written by two internationally-acclaimed computational social scientists. The initial chapters focus on the foundations of computational modeling in the social sciences. Subsequent chapters provide lucid and well-documented materials on system dynamics, microsimulations, neural nets, cellular automata and related models, ending with multi-agent systems, agent-based models and evolutionary computation. Significant additions to the earier version include hands-on excercises using NetLogo and other valuable pedagogical materials. This is "must-ready" for anyone interested in the computational science of social complexity at all levels of modeling, from individuals and groups to nations and the world system. The international bibliography and internet references also give a concrete sense of the increasingly global network of the research community in this area.

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