Complex adaptive systems an introduction to computational models of social life - Miller, John H. (John Howard), 1959-; Page, Scott E.; ProQuest (firma) (Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2007)
pt. 1. INTRODUCTION. Introduction -- Complexity in social worlds -- pt. 2. PRELIMINARIES. Modeling -- On emergence -- pt. 3. COMPUTATIONAL MODELING. Computation as theory -- Why agent-based objects? -- pt. 4. MODELS OF COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SOCIAL SYSTEMS. A basic framework -- Complex adaptive social systems in one dimension -- Social dynamics -- Evolving automata -- Some fundamentals of organizational decision making -- pt. 5. CONCLUSIONS. Social science in between -- Epilogue -- Appendixes. A. An open agenda for complex adaptive social systems -- B. Practices for computational modeling.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-260) and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Keywords: Social systems -- Mathematical models; Social sciences -- Mathematical models; Sociale relaties; Computermodellen; elektronické knihy; electronic books