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Artificial societies : the computer simulation of social life / edited by Nigel Gilbert & Rosaria Conte.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gilbert, G. Nigel., Editor.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social sciences--Simulation methods--Congresses.
- Social sciences.
- Computer simulation--Congresses.
- Computer simulation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (270 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Taylor & Francis 1995
- London : UCL Press, 1995.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An exploration of the implications of developments in artificial intelligence for social scientific research, which builds on the theoretical and methodological insights provided by ""Simulating societies"".; This book is intended for worldwide library market for social science subjects such as sociology, political science, geography, archaeology/anthropology, and significant appeal within computer science, particularly artificial intelligence. Also personal reference for researchers.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Book Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Notes on contributors; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 A model of the emergence of new political actors; Chapter 3 Division of labour and social co-ordination modes: a simple simulation model; Chapter 4 Emergence of kinship structures: a multi-agent approach; Chapter 5 Cities can be agents too: a model for the evolution of settlement systems; Chapter 6 The EOS project: integrating two models of Palaeolithic social change
- Chapter 7 Genetic algorithms, teleological conservatism, and the emergence of optimal demand relations: the case of learning-by-consumingChapter 8 Emergence in social simulation; Chapter 9 How to invent a lexicon: the development of shared symbols in interaction; Chapter 10 MANTA: new experimental results on the emergence of (artificial) ant societies; Chapter 11 Emergent behaviour in societies of heterogeneous, interacting agents: alliances and norms; Chapter 12 Kin-directed altruism and attachment behaviour in an evolving population of neural networks
- Chapter 13 Understanding the functions of norms in social groups through simulationChapter 14 A logical approach to simulating societies; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-36730-2
- 1-135-36731-0
- 1-280-30931-8
- 9786610309313
- 0-203-99369-1
- 9780203993699
- OCLC:
- 475969274
- Access Restriction:
- Unrestricted online access
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