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Computational modeling / Charles S. Taber, Richard J. Timpone.
LIBRA H61 .T237 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Taber, Charles S.
- Series:
- Quantitative applications in the social sciences ; no. 07-113.
- Sage university papers series. Quantitative applications in the social sciences ; no. 07-113
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social sciences--Mathematical models.
- Social sciences.
- Social sciences--Data processing.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 95 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, [1996]
- Contents:
- Introduction: Beyond platforms and on-ramps. Models and computational models. Why model computationally? Where is computational modeling likely to be most useful? Drawbacks of computational modeling. General stages in a computational modeling project. An overview of the following chapters
- Dynamic simulation models: Dynamic simulation. Cellular automata
- Knowledge-based systems: Semantic networks. Frame systems. Rule-based expert systems. Hybrid systems.
- Models of machine learning: Connectionist models. ID3. Genetic algorithms
- Evaluating computational models: Truth. Beauty. Justice. Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-93).
- ISBN:
- 0803972709
- OCLC:
- 33983927
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