Methodological Investigations in Agent-Based Modelling
With Applications for the Social Sciences
Authors: Silverman, Eric
Free Preview- This open access book provides an innovative and comprehensive philosophical analysis of simulation methodology in the social sciencesIn-depth examination of the use of agent-based models across disciplinesIncludes cutting-edge work on agent-based models applied to population studies
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This open access book examines the methodological complications of using complexity science concepts within the social science domain. The opening chapters take the reader on a tour through the development of simulation methodologies in the fields of artificial life and population biology, then demonstrates the growing popularity and relevance of these methods in the social sciences. Following an in-depth analysis of the potential impact of these methods on social science and social theory, the text provides substantive examples of the application of agent-based models in the field of demography. This work offers a unique combination of applied simulation work and substantive, in-depth philosophical analysis, and as such has potential appeal for specialist social scientists, complex systems scientists, and philosophers of science interested in the methodology of simulation and the practice of interdisciplinary computing research.
- Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 3-15
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Simulation and Artificial Life
Pages 17-38
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Making the Artificial Real
Pages 39-59
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Modelling in Population Biology
Pages 61-81
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Modelling for the Social Sciences
Pages 85-106
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Methodological Investigations in Agent-Based Modelling
- Book Subtitle
- With Applications for the Social Sciences
- Authors
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- Eric Silverman
- Series Title
- Methodos Series
- Series Volume
- 13
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-72408-9
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-72408-9
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-72406-5
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-10195-4
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXIII, 235
- Number of Illustrations
- 18 b/w illustrations
- Topics
