Complex adaptive systems - Princeton University Press, 2007 - 263p. ; 23 cm.

an introduction to computational models of social life

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.--

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CLASS H - SOCIAL SCIENCES


Social systems--Mathematical models
Social sciences--Mathematical models