Simulating Social Complexity : A Handbook /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Edmonds, Bruce. (Editor ), Meyer, Ruth. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edición:2nd ed. 2017.
Colección:Understanding Complex Systems,
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part1. Introduction
  • Chapter1. Introduction
  • Chapter2. Historical Introduction
  • Chapter3. Types of Simulation
  • Chapter4. Different Modelling Purposes
  • Part2. Methodology
  • Chapter5. Informal Approaches to Developing Simulations
  • Chapter6. Applying software engineering methods to simulation development
  • Chapter6. Checking Simulations
  • Chapter7. Verifying and Validating simulations
  • Chapter8. Understanding Simulation Results
  • Chapter9. How many runs should one do
  • Chapter10. Participatory Approaches
  • Chapter11. Combining Analytic and Simulation Approaches
  • Chapter12. Interpreting and Understanding Simulations
  • Chapter13. Documenting Social Simulation Models: The ODD Protocol as a Standard
  • Part3. Mechanisms
  • Chapter14. Utility, Games, and Narratives
  • Chapter15. Social Constraint
  • Chapter16. Reputation
  • Chapter17. Social Networks and Spatial Distribution
  • Chapter18. Learning
  • Chapter19. Evolutionary Mechanisms
  • Part4. Applications
  • Chapter20. Agent-based Modelling and Simulation Applied to Environmental Management
  • Chapter21. Distributed Computer Systems
  • Chapter22. Simulating Complexity of Animal Social Behaviour
  • Chapter23. Agent-based Simulation as a Useful Tool for the Study of Markets
  • Chapter24. Movement of People and Goods
  • Chapter25. Modeling Power and Authority: An Emergentist View from Afghanistan
  • Chapter26. Human Societies – Understanding Observed Social Phenomena
  • Chapter27. Some pitfalls to beware when applying models to issues of policy relevance.