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Simulating Society

A Mathematica®Toolkit for Modeling Socioeconomic Behavior

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  • © 1998

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Authors:
  1. Richard J. Gaylord

    1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA

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  2. Louis J. D’Andria

    1. Wolfram Research, Inc., Champaign, USA

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Modeling a Society of Mobile Heterogeneous Individuals

      • Richard J. Gaylord, Louis J. D’Andria
      Pages 3-17

  3. Cultural Exchange

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. Transmitting Culture

      • Richard J. Gaylord, Louis J. D’Andria
      Pages 21-45

  4. Socioeconomic Transactions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47
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    2. Deciding Whether to Interact

      • Richard J. Gaylord, Louis J. D’Andria
      Pages 49-75

    3. Choosing How to Behave

      • Richard J. Gaylord, Louis J. D’Andria
      Pages 77-102

  5. Group Interactions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103
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    2. Grouping and Conforming

      • Richard J. Gaylord, Louis J. D’Andria
      Pages 105-125

  6. Nonlocality

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127
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    2. Social Networking and Moving to Far-Flung Locations

      • Richard J. Gaylord, Louis J. D’Andria
      Pages 129-147

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 149-218
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About this book

In "Simulating Scoiety", the authors explore the basis for social and economic behavior. Using the methodology of computer simulation, specifically cellular automata, they model various factors that are involved in a system of individuals (or agents) who interact socially and economically with one another. The usefulness of computer simulations in the social sciences is that it provides a laboratory in which qualitative ideas about social and economic interations can be tested. This brings a new dimension to the social sciences where 'explanations' abound, but are rarely subject to much experimental testing. Mathematica is used as the programming language for implementing these models as cellular automata simulations. The authors have chosen this language because it has a number of features which make it uniquely qualified to be used by social scientists, especially those without expertise in computer programming. Users can easily access the various 3.0 Mathematica notebooks, and readily interact with them, the full text of the printed book, itself, and other data contained on www.telospub.com.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA

    Richard J. Gaylord

  • Wolfram Research, Inc., Champaign, USA

    Louis J. D’Andria

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Simulating Society

  • Book Subtitle: A Mathematica®Toolkit for Modeling Socioeconomic Behavior

  • Authors: Richard J. Gaylord, Louis J. D’Andria

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1726-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York, Inc. 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-98532-9Published: 19 June 1998

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-1726-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 218

  • Topics: Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods, Business and Management, general

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