Simulation For The Social ScientistMcGraw-Hill Education (UK), 1 февр. 2005 г. - Всего страниц: 295 Simulation for the Social Scientist is a practical textbook on the techniques of building computer simulations to assist understanding of social and economic issues and problems. This authoritative book details all the common approaches to social simulation, to provide social scientists with an appreciation of the literature and allow those with some programming skills to create their own simulations. |
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Chapter 1 Simulation and social science | 1 |
Chapter 2 Simulation as a method | 15 |
Chapter 3 System dynamics and world models | 28 |
Chapter 4 Microanalytical simulation models | 57 |
Chapter 5 Queuing models | 79 |
Chapter 6 Multilevel simulation models | 100 |
Chapter 7 Cellular automata | 130 |
Chapter 8 Multiagent models | 172 |
Chapter 10 Learning and evolutionary models | 217 |
Appendix A Web sites | 256 |
Appendix B Linear stability analysis of the
dovehawklawabider model | 267 |
Appendix C Random number generators | 272 |
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Author index | 287 |
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Back cover | 296 |
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