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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:
  • 0691127026 (pbk.: acid-free paper)
  • 9780691127026 (pbk.: acid-free paper)
  • 0691130965 (acid-free paper)
  • 9780691130965 (acid-free paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 300.1/513
LOC classification:
  • H 61.25 M648c 2007
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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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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) H 61.25 M648c 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000062938

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.

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