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Complex adaptive systems : an introduction to computational models of social life / John H. Miller and Scott E. Page.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton studies in complexityPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2007.Description: xix, 263 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780691127026 (pbk.: acidfree paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 300.1/513 22
Other classification:
  • 70.03
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Contents:
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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Reference Reference IIT Goa Central Library Technical 300.1513 MIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Reference SBHPL/INV/735/2022-2023|| 15-09-2022|| 32.00%|| USD 39.95 4048
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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.