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- Provides interactive simulations for the reader to experiment with
- Showcases simulations about theories found in the humanities
- Offers examples & sets the direction for future humanities and computation collaboration
- A well structured and engaging collection of research from a growing field
Part of the book series: New Approaches to the Scientific Study of Religion (NASR, volume 7)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Promises and Limitations of Computer Simulation
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Learning from Computer Models, Humanities Scholars, and Simulation Engineers
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Applications of Computer Simulation to the Humanities
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Epilog
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About this book
This uniquely inspirational and practical book explores human simulation, which is the application of computational modeling and simulation to research subjects in the humanities disciplines. It delves into the fascinating process of collaboration among experts who usually don’t have much to do with one another – computer engineers and humanities scholars – from the perspective of the humanities scholars. It also explains the process of developing models and simulations in these interdisciplinary teams.
Each chapter takes the reader on a journey, presenting a specific theory about the human condition, a model of that theory, discussion of its implementation, analysis of its results, and an account of the collaborative experience. Contributing authors with different fields of expertise share how each model was validated, discuss relevant datasets, explain development strategies, and frankly discuss the ups and downs of the process of collaborative development. Readers are given access to the models and will also gain new perspectives from the authors’ findings, experiences, and recommendations.Today we are in the early phases of an information revolution, combining access to vast computing resources, large amounts of human data through social media, and an unprecedented richness of methods and tools to capture, analyze, explore, and test hypotheses and theories of all kinds. Thus, this book’s insights will be valuable not only to students and scholars of humanities subjects, but also to the general reader and researchers from other disciplines who are intrigued by the expansion of the information revolution all the way into the humanities departments of modern universities.
Reviews
“The aim is not only to provide insights from these interdisciplinary endeavours to students and those working in the field of humanities, but also to the general reader and to researchers from other disciplines interested in the expansion of the information revolution into the humanities. … this is a volume to explore.” (Anne L.C. Runehov, ESSSAT News & Reviews, December, 2020)
Editors and Affiliations
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Virginia Modeling Analysis and Simulation Center, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, USA
Saikou Y. Diallo
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Boston University, Boston, USA
Wesley J. Wildman
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Institute for Global Development and Social Planning, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway
F. LeRon Shults
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The MITRE Corporation, Hampton, USA
Andreas Tolk
About the editors
Saikou Y. Diallo, PhD, is an expert in the interoperability and composability of simulations. He is currently conducting research into the concept of Human Simulation which combines simulation engineering and the humanities. He leads the Modeling and Simulation Sciences group at the Virginia Modeling Analysis and Simulation Center (VMASC). Dr. Diallo is a member of the SCS Board of Directors and associate editor of the ACM SIGSIM M&S Body of Knowledge Repository. He has over 100 publications in journals, conferences and book chapters. He has served as the Program Chair and General Chair of the Spring Simulation Conference and is currently the Vice President in charge of Conferences at SCS.
Wesley J. Wildman, PhD, is a philosopher of religion specializing in the scientific study of religion. He has published extensively at the intersection of the sciences and the humanities and coordinates a PhD program in that field at Boston University. He is Executive Director of the Centerfor Mind and Culture, which engineers effective solutions for pressing social problems using high-tech methods such as computer simulation in conjunction with an aggressive interdisciplinary approach combining social sciences, humanities, policy experts, and stakeholders.
F. LeRon Shults has published 17 books and over 100 articles and book chapters on themes related to philosophy, social science, education and the scientific study of religion. He is founding director of the NORCE Center for Modeling Social Systems and professor at the Institute for Global Development and Social Planning at the University of Agder in Kristiansand, Norway. Shults is the principal investigator for several research projects that are developing computational models for better understanding and addressing topics such as immigration, integration, secularization and climate change.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Human Simulation: Perspectives, Insights, and Applications
Editors: Saikou Y. Diallo, Wesley J. Wildman, F. LeRon Shults, Andreas Tolk
Series Title: New Approaches to the Scientific Study of Religion
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17090-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-17089-9Published: 15 August 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-17092-9Published: 16 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-17090-5Published: 01 August 2019
Series ISSN: 2367-3494
Series E-ISSN: 2367-3508
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 241
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 14 illustrations in colour
Topics: Philosophy of Religion, Religion and Education, Sociology of Religion