Artificial societies : the computer simulation of social life /: the computer simulation of social life. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Nigel Gilbert & Rosaria Conte.
• Other Names: Gilbert, G. Nigel; Conte, Rosaria, 1952-
• Contents: 1. Introduction: computer simulation for social theory / Rosaria Conte and Nigel Gilbert -- 2. A model of the emergence of new political actors / Robert Axelrod -- 3. Division of labour and social co-ordination modes: a simple simulation model / Massimo Egidi and Luigi Marengo -- 4. Emergence of kinship structures: a multi-agent approach / Jean Pierre Treuil -- 5. Cities can be agents too: a model for the evolution of settlement systems / Stephane Bura, France Guerin-Pace, Helene Mathian, Denise Pumain and Lena Sanders -- 6. The EOS project: integrating two models of Palaeolithic social change / Jim Doran and Mike Palmer -- 7. Genetic algorithms, teleological conservatism, and the emergence of optimal demand relations: the case of learning-by-consuming / Roger McCain -- 8. Emergence in social simulation / Nigel Gilbert -- 9. How to invent a lexicon: the development of shared symbols in interaction / Edwin Hutchins and Brian Hazlehurst.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (320 pages)
• Subjects: 300/.1/13; Social sciences -- Simulation methods -- Congresses; Computer simulation -- Congresses; Computer simulation; Social sciences -- Simulation methods; Sciences sociales -- Simulation, Méthodes de -- Congrès; Intelligence artificielle -- Congrès; Simulation par ordinateur -- Congrès; Computersimulaties; Sociale stelsels; Computersimulation; Gesellschaft; Künstliche Intelligenz; Sozialwissenschaften; Soziologie; Künstliche Intelligenz; Soziologie; Gesellschaft; Computersimulation; Kongress -- Siena -- 1993; Conference papers and proceedings
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781135367305; 1135367302
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