TY - BOOK AU - Miller,John H. AU - Page,Scott E. TI - Complex adaptive systems: an introduction to computational models of social life SN - 9780691127026 (pbk.: acidfree paper) U1 - 300.1/513 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Princeton, N.J. PB - Princeton University Press KW - Social systems KW - Mathematical models KW - Social sciences KW - Sociale relaties KW - gtt KW - Computermodellen N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0801/2006933230-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0801/2006933230-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0801/2006933230-t.html ER -