Simulating Social Complexity by Bruce Edmonds
Introduction.- Historical Introduction.- Types of Simulation.- Different Modelling Purposes.- Informal Approaches to Developing Simulations.- Applying software engineering methods to simulation development.- Checking Simulations.- Validating Simulations.- Understanding Simulation Results.- Participatory Approaches.- Combining Analytic and Simulation Approaches.- Interpreting and Understanding Simulations.- Utility, Games and Haggling.- Social Constraint.- Trust and Reputation.- Power and Authority.- Distribution and Space.- Learning.- Evolutionary Approaches.- Ecological Management.- Organisational Design.- Distributed Computer Systems.- Animal Social Behaviour.- Markets.- Movement of People and Goods.- Human Societies.From the reviews:
“The handbook ‘Simulating Social Complexity’ identifies, compares, and debates existing approaches to simulation… it consists of many very good chapters and can, thus, be recommended to anybody who wants to learn more about good practice in simulation modeling.” (Michael Mäs, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, Vol. 17 (1), 2014)
Among his numerous responsibilities, Dr. Bruce Edmonds is the Director for the Centre of Policy Modeling at Manchester Metropolitan University. He has edited numerous books for Springer; he's a member of the Dalton Research Institute and a board member for the European Complex Systems Society.
Ruth Meyer is also a former Springer book editor. She's a Research Associate at the Center of Policy Modeling at Manchester Metropolitan University. Among others, her research interests lie in agent-based simulation and discrete-event simulation.
Ruth Meyer is also a former Springer book editor. She's a Research Associate at the Center of Policy Modeling at Manchester Metropolitan University. Among others, her research interests lie in agent-based simulation and discrete-event simulation.
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| ISBN 13 | 9783540938125 |
| ISBN 10 | 3540938125 |
| Title | Simulating Social Complexity |
| Author | Bruce Edmonds |
| Series | Understanding Complex Systems |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG |
| Year published | 2013-04-17 |
| Number of pages | 754 |
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