Miller, John H. 1959-

Complex adaptive systems an introduction to computational models of social life / [electronic resource] : John H. Miller and Scott E. Page. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2007. - xix, 263 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Princeton studies in complexity . - Princeton studies in complexity. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-260) and index.

pt. 1. INTRODUCTION. Introduction -- Complexity in social worlds -- pt. 2. PRELIMINARIES. Modeling -- On emergence -- pt. 3. COMPUTATIONAL MODELING. Computation as theory -- Why agent-based objects? -- pt. 4. MODELS OF COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SOCIAL SYSTEMS. A basic framework -- Complex adaptive social systems in one dimension -- Social dynamics -- Evolving automata -- Some fundamentals of organizational decision making -- pt. 5. CONCLUSIONS. Social science in between -- Epilogue -- Appendixes. A. An open agenda for complex adaptive social systems -- B. Practices for computational modeling.


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