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Agent-based computational demography : using simulation to improve our understanding of demographic behaviour / Francesco C. Billari, Alexia Prskawetz, editors.

Title
Agent-based computational demography : using simulation to improve our understanding of demographic behaviour / Francesco C. Billari, Alexia Prskawetz, editors.
Author
Workshop on Agent-Based Computational Demography (2001 : Rostock, Germany)
Publication
Heidelberg ; New York : Physica-Verlag, c2003.

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Additional Authors
  • Billari, Francesco C.
  • Prskawetz, Alexia.
Description
ix, 210 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Contributions to economics
Uniform Title
Contributions to economics
Subject
  • Demography > Mathematical models > Congresses
  • Demography > Computer simulation > Congresses
  • Human behavior > Mathematical models > Congresses
  • Human behavior > Computer simulation > Congresses
  • Intelligent agents (Computer software) > Congresses
Genre/Form
  • Conference papers and proceedings
  • Rostock (2001)
Note
  • Revised versions of selected papers presented at the Workshop on Agent-Based Computational Demography, organized by the editors and held at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, 21-23 February 2001.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction: Agent-Based Computational Demography / Francesco C. Billari, Fausta Ongaro and Alexia Prskawetz -- Data, Models, Theory and Reality: The Structure of Demographic Knowledge / Thomas K. Burch -- The Role of Agent-Based Modelling in Demographic Explanation / Edmund Chattoe -- Diffusion Process in Demographic Transitions: A Prospect on Using Multi Agent Simulation to Explore the Role of Cognitive Strategies and Social Interactions / Wander Jager and Marco A. Janssen -- The Collapse of the Berlin Wall: Simulating State-Level East to West German Migration Patterns / Frank Heiland -- Agent-Based Modeling of Householders' Migration Behavior and Its Consequences / Itzhak Benenson, Itzhak Omer and Erez Hatna.
ISBN
3790815500 (softcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2003045699
OCLC
  • 51967104
  • SCSB-11731597
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library