Agent-Based Computational Demography
Using Simulation to Improve Our Understanding of Demographic Behaviour
Editors: Billari, Francesco C., Prskawetz, Alexia (Eds.)
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- About this book
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Agent-Based Computational Demography (ABCD) aims at starting a new stream of research among social scientists whose interests lie in understanding demographic behaviour. The book takes a micro-demographic (agent-based) perspective and illustrates the potentialities of computer simulation as an aid in theory building. The chapters of the book, written by leading experts either in demography or in agent-based modelling, address several key questions. Why do we need agent-based computational demography? How can ABCD be applied to the study of migrations, family demography, and historical demography? What are the peculiarities of agent-based models as applied to the demography of human populations? ABCD is of interest to all scientists interested in studying demographic behaviour, as well as to computer scientists and modellers who are looking for a promising field of application.
- Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Introduction: Agent-Based Computational Demography
Pages 1-17
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Data, Models, Theory and Reality: The Structure of Demographic Knowledge
Pages 19-40
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The Role of Agent-Based Modelling in Demographic Explanation
Pages 41-54
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Diffusion Processes in Demographic Transitions: A Prospect on Using Multi Agent Simulation to Explore the Role of Cognitive Strategies and Social Interactions
Pages 55-72
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The Collapse of the Berlin Wall: Simulating State-Level East to West German Migration Patterns
Pages 73-96
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Agent-Based Computational Demography
- Book Subtitle
- Using Simulation to Improve Our Understanding of Demographic Behaviour
- Editors
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- Francesco C. Billari
- Alexia Prskawetz
- Series Title
- Contributions to Economics
- Copyright
- 2003
- Publisher
- Physica-Verlag Heidelberg
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-7908-2715-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-7908-2715-6
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-7908-1550-4
- Series ISSN
- 1431-1933
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- IX, 210
- Topics
