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Complex adaptive systems : an introduction to computational models of social life / John H. Miller and Scott E. Page

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Miller, John H. (John Howard), 1959-
Published
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2007]
Copyright Date
©2007
Physical Description
xix, 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Additional Creators
Page, Scott E.

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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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0691127026 (pbk.: acid-free paper)
9780691127026 (pbk.: acid-free paper)
0691130965 (acid-free paper)
9780691130965 (acid-free paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-260) and index.
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