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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Social systems--Mathematical models. Social sciences--Mathematical models. Sociale relaties. Computermodellen.