Miller, John H.  1959- <br/><br/>
Complex adaptive systems :  an introduction to computational models of social life / 
John H. Miller and Scott E. Page. 
 - Princeton, N.J. :  Princeton University Press,  c2007. 
 - xix, 263 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - Princeton studies in complexity. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-260) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780691127026 (pbk.: acidfree paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006933230 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social systems--Mathematical models.<br/>Social sciences--Mathematical models.<br/>Sociale relaties.<br/>Computermodellen.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>300.1/513