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Modelling and simulation in the social sciences from the philosophy of science point of view

Title
Modelling and simulation in the social sciences from the philosophy of science point of view / edited by Rainer Hegselmann, Ulrich Mueller, and Klaus G. Troitzsch.
Publication
Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [1996], ©1996.

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Additional Authors
  • Hegselmann, Rainer.
  • Mueller, Ulrich, 1949-
  • Troitzsch, Klaus G.
Description
viii, 318 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Theory and decision library. Series A, Philosophy and methodology of the social sciences ; v. 23
Uniform Title
Theory and decision library. Series A, Philosophy and methodology of the social sciences ; v. 23.
Subject
  • Social sciences > Mathematical models
  • Social sciences > Data processing
  • Social sciences > Simulation methods
  • Social sciences > Philosophy
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
  • 1. Holism, Individualism and Emergent Properties. An Approach from the Perspective of Simulation / G. Nigel Gilbert -- 2. Simulation and rational practice / Hartmut Kliemt -- 3. Epistemic Cultures in the Social Sciences. The Modelling Dilemma Dissolved / Karl H. Muller -- 4. Impossible Models / Ulrich Krause -- 5. The World as a Process. Simulations in the Natural and Social Sciences / Stephan Hartmann -- 6. Evolutionary Explanations from a Philosophy of Science Point of View / Ulrich Mueller -- 7. Some Thoughts on the Methodological Status of the Darmstadt Micro Macro Simulator (DMMS) / Hans-Dieter Heike -- 8. On the Measurement of Action / Wolfgang Balzer -- 9. Structuralist Models, Idealization, and Approximation / C. Ulises Moulines -- 10. A Concept of Explanation for Social Interaction Models / Hans Westmeyer -- 11. Simulation and Structuralism / Klaus G. Troitzsch --
  • 12. Cellular Automata in the Social Sciences, Perspectives, Restrictions, and Artefacts / Rainer Hegselmann -- 13. Computer simulations of sustainable cooperation in social dilemmas / Wim B. G. Liebrand and David M. Messick -- 14. Modeling social change with cellular automata / Andrzej Nowak and Maciej Lewenstein -- 15. Dynamic Social Impact, Robust Predictions from Simple Theory / Bibb Latane.
ISBN
0792341252
LCCN
96009070
OCLC
  • 34782598
  • ocm34782598
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries