Growing artificial societies :: social science from the bottom up /

How do social structures and group behaviors arise from the interaction of individuals? Growing Artificial Societies approaches this question with cutting-edge computer simulation techniques. Fundamental collective behaviors such as group formation, cultural transmission, combat, and trade are seen...

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1. Verfasser: Epstein, Joshua M., 1951-
Körperschaft: 2050 Project
Weitere Verfasser: Axtell, Robert
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©1996.
Schriftenreihe:Complex adaptive systems.
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Zusammenfassung:How do social structures and group behaviors arise from the interaction of individuals? Growing Artificial Societies approaches this question with cutting-edge computer simulation techniques. Fundamental collective behaviors such as group formation, cultural transmission, combat, and trade are seen to "emerge" from the interaction of individual agents following a few simple rules. In their program, named Sugarscape, Epstein and Axtell begin the development of a "bottom up" social science that is capturing the attention of researchers and commentators alike. The study is part of the 2050 Project, a joint venture of the Santa Fe Institute, the World Resources Institute, and the Brookings Institution. The project is an international effort to identify conditions for a sustainable global system in the next century and to design policies to help achieve such a system. Growing Artificial Societies is also available on CD-ROM, which includes about 50 animations that develop the scenarios described in the text. Copublished with the Brookings Institution
Beschreibung:"A product of the 2050 Project, a collaborative effort of the Brookings Institution, the Santa Fe Institute and the World Resources Institute."
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xv, 208 pages) : color illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-202) and index.
ISBN:9780262272360
0262272369
0585033579
9780585033570

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