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Methodological Investigations in Agent-Based Modelling With Applications for the Social Sciences /

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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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Main Author: Silverman, Eric (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Methodos Series, Methodological Prospects in the Social Sciences, 13
Subjects:
Sociology > Methodology.
Computer simulation.
Demography.
Population.
Science > Philosophy.
Philosophy and social sciences.
Sociological Methods.
Computer Modelling.
Population and Demography.
Philosophy of Science.
Philosophy of the Social Sciences.
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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. .

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