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Agent-based computational demography : using simulation to improve our understanding of demographic behaviour / Francesco C. Billari, Alexia Prskawetz, editors.
Lippincott Library HB849.51 .W67 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- Workshop on Agent-Based Computational Demography (2001 : Rostock, Germany)
- Series:
- Contributions to economics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Demography--Mathematical models--Congresses.
- Demography.
- Demography--Computer simulation--Congresses.
- Human behavior--Mathematical models--Congresses.
- Human behavior.
- Human behavior--Computer simulation--Congresses.
- Intelligent agents (Computer software)--Congresses.
- Intelligent agents (Computer software).
- Human behavior--Computer simulation.
- Human behavior--Mathematical models.
- Demography--Computer simulation.
- Demography--Mathematical models.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 210 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Heidelberg ; New York : Physica-Verlag, [2003]
- Summary:
- Agent-Based Computational Demography (ABCD) aims at starting a new stream of research among social scientists whose interests lie in understanding demographic behaviour. The book takes a micro-demographic (agent-based) perspective and illustrates the potentialities of computer simulation as an aid in theory building. The chapters of the book, written by leading experts either in demography or in agent-based modelling, address several key questions. Why do we need agent-based computational demography? How can ABCD be applied to the study of migrations, family demography, and historical demography? What are the peculiarities of agent-based models as applied to the demography of human populations? ABCD is of interest to all scientists interested in studying demographic behaviour, as well as to computer scientists and modellers who are looking for a promising field of application.
- Notes:
- Revised versions of selected papers presented at the Workshop on Agent-Based Computational Demography, organized by the editors and held at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, 21-23 February 2001.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 3790815500
- OCLC:
- 51967104
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