Complexity and the human experience : modeling complexity in the humanities and social sciences / edited by Paul A. Youngman, Mirsad Hadzikadic.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Youngman, Paul A., editor.

Hadžikadić, Mirsad, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Complexity (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press : Pan Stanford Publishing, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Questions of values, ontologies, ethics, aesthetics, discourse, origins, language, literature, and meaning do not lend themselves readily, or traditionally, to equations, probabilities, and models. However, with the increased adoption of natural science tools in economics, anthropology, and political science-to name only a few social scientific fields highlighted in this volume-quantitative methods in the humanities are becoming more common. The theory of complexity holds significant promise for better understanding social and human phenomena based on interactions among the pa

Contents:

Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Computer Modeling in Humanities and Social Sciences; Part 1: Complex Adaptive Systems in the Humanities; Chapter 1: Philosophical Analysis in Modeling Polarization: Notes from Work in Progress; Chapter 2: Overcoming Moral Hypocrisy in a Virtual Society; Chapter 3: Evolving Games and the Social Contract; Chapter 4: Character Networks for Narrative Generation: Structural Balance Theory and the Emergence of Proto-Narratives; Chapter 5: Modeling the Communications Circuit: An Agent-Based Approach to Reading in "N-Dimensions"

Chapter 6: The Potential of Agent-Based Modelling for Historical ResearchPart 2: Complex Adaptive Systems in the Social Sciences; Chapter 7: Complexity Theory and Political Change:Talcott Parsons Occupies Wall Street; Chapter 8: China's Complex Policy Network; Chapter 9: Convergence versus Emergence of Youth Extremism: An Agent-Based Model of the Arab Spring; Chapter 10: Complexity of Structure in Electronic Medical Record Systems; Chapter 11: Adaptation of Foodways and Indicators of Malnutrition: Philippines as a Case Study

Chapter 12: Exploiting the Synergy between the Micro, Meso, and Macro Levels in a Complex System: Bringing to Life an Ancient Urban CenterChapter 13: Scientific Paradigms in US Policy: Is It Time for Complexity Science?; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 9, 2014).

ISBN:

0-429-08239-8

981-4463-26-4

9780429082399

OCLC:

881162511