Social Simulation for a Digital Society : Applications and Innovations in Computational Social Science /: Applications and Innovations in Computational Social Science. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Diane Payne, Johan A. Elkink, Nial Friel, Thomas U. Grund, Tamara Hochstrasser, Pablo Lucas, Adrian Ottewill, editors.
• Editors: Payne, Diane; Elkink, Johan A; Friel, Nial; Grund, Thomas U (Thomas Ulrich), 1981-; Hochstrasser, Tamara; Lucas, Pablo; Ottewill, Adrian
• Contents: Chapter 1: Social Simulation for a Digital Society: Introduction Philosophical and technical considerations Chapter 2: Ontological Politics in a World of Political Ontologies: More Realistic (Human) Agents for the Anthropocene? Chapter 3: The Art of Iterating: Update-Strategies in Agent-Based Simulation Chapter 4: Using Parallel Computing to Improve the Scalability of Models with BDI Agents Applications to norm diffusion and collective action Chapter 5: Information Diffusion as a Mechanism for Natural Evolution of Social Networks Chapter 6: Remarks on the Convergence of Opinion Formation in the Presence of Self-interest and Conformity Chapter 7: Inequality: Driver or Inhibitor of Collective Action? Chapter 8: The Venezuelan System of Potato Production: A Simulation Model to Understand Roots of Deficiencies Applications in geography and urban development Chapter 9: Governance of Transitions: A Simulation Experiment on Urban Transportation Chapter 10: Evaluating the Impact of an Integrated Urban Design of Transport Infrastructure and Public Space on Human Behavior and Environmental Quality: A Case Study in Beijing Chapter 11: Prescription for Urban Sprawl: Street Activeness Changes the City Chapter 12: The Greater Dublin Region, Ireland: Experiences in Applying Urban Modelling in Regional Planning and Engaging between Scientists and Stakeholders Chapter 13: Synthesising the Geography of Opportunity in Rural Irish Primary Schools Chapter 14: Modelling Collaborative Knowledge Creation Processes: An Empirical Application to the Semiconductor Industry.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 300.1; Social sciences -- Simulation methods; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030302986; 3030302989
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 12, 2019).
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